It had something to do with Qiana and Montez.
Ever since Montez had gotten diarrhoea because of her cookies, Qiana had still been so nice to her. It made Yesseca feel ashamed.
When she was cooped up in Quartley Palace, she kept thinking about this matter and wanted nothing more than do dig a hole for herself.
That was why she'd gone out so frequently. She wanted to walk around and take a breather to get rid of the awkwardness and embarrassment that she felt.
In fact, it was fine to mention this to Tremaine.
But Yesseca still felt a little embarrassed.
What's more, Tremaine was so untrusting of her and actually suspected her of poisoning Montez. This made her even more reluctant to tell him.
Yesseca replied, "Nothing much, I just wanted to go out."
Tremaine didn't say anything.
He'd noticed the emotions that had flitted through Yesseca's eyes when she'd answered him.
Tremaine concluded that Yesseca was lying to him.
But why?
Was it because it wasn't as she'd said? She'd been going out for some other reason?
Tremaine was suddenly shocked.
He looked at Yesseca seriously. "Yesseca, are you sure that you're not lying to me?"
His gaze made Yesseca feel rather uncomfortable.
Tremaine doubted her words.
This made her feel that he wouldn't believe anything that she said or did at this point in time.
He had no trust in her. He thought that she'd poisoned Montez, and suspected her in everything that she did.
This made Yesseca want to rebel.
She raised her voice and said, "Believe what you want."
Tremaine didn't speak.
He took one last look at Yesseca before turning to leave.
Seeing that he was walking away, Yesseca shouted, "Tremaine, when will you let me leave?"
Tremaine stopped.
He turned around to look at Yesseca. "I'm not locking you up. I'm just telling you not to leave this bedroom for the time being."
Yesseca's tone was mocking. "Keeping me cooped up in here and not allowing me to leave is locking me up! Who do you think I am, Tremaine? Some criminal? I'm only slightly better off than a criminal! They're locked up in prison, but I'm locked up in this grand, lavish bedroom!"
"Yesseca, once I get to the bottom of this, you'll be free."
Yesseca stared at him. "I know that. What bothers me, Tremaine is the fact that you're locking me up because you're suspecting me. You don't trust me!"
At this point, Yesseca started to tear up. "How can you not know the type of person I am when we've known each other for so long? Do you really think that I'd poison Montez? Do you think of me as such a malicious, evil woman?"
Yesseca's words stabbed Tremaine deeply.
A bitterness spread in Tremaine's heart.
Of course, he didn't doubt Yesseca.
He did not want to doubt Yesseca.
However, all the evidence was pointing towards Yesseca...
With regards to the cookie incident, Tremaine knew that lactose intolerance wasn't enough to explain Montez's diarrhoea and fever.
Because he knew that Montez wasn't lactose intolerant at all.
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