Erica slept so soundly that she couldn’t hear her mother waking her up. After she woke up, she went downstairs to find the breakfast the maids had prepared for her. Just as she was about to complain about the food and her lack of appetite for it. her phone rang. Taking a glance at the caller ID, she then answered her phone. “Hello?”
“Miss Erica Tillman, your mother has been arrested for the attempted murder of your father, Francis Tillman. I need you to pack two sets of clothes and bring them along with you down the station.”
“What?” To her dismay, Erica dropped the spoon in her hand. After she confirmed that her mother was currently in the police station, she was so frightened that tears started rolling down her cheeks. She immediately dialed Alex’s number and told him about what had befallen her mother.
“Erica, listen to me. When you meet your
mother, you must make sure that she admits to everything and does not. implicate us in this.” Alex gave a stern warning from the other end of the line.
Erica was bitterly disappointed, as Alex planned to forsake her mother at a time like this, wanting for her mother to bear the entire responsibility alone.
“Erica, if we are all implicated in this. everything your father has will fall into Anastasia’s hand. And us? We would all be going to jail. Do you understand?” Alex warned once more.
Holding back her grief, Erica replied, “Okay, I’ll beg my mother to do so.”
When Erica arrived at the station, she noticed her mother wasn’t there. Just as she was about to call Alex, her phone rang instead. “Hello!”
“Is this Erica Tillman? Your mother has fainted in the detention center. Please come over to the General Hospital.”
“Alright. I’ll come over right now.” Erica hadn’t expected her mother would faint. so she hurried over to the hospital.
At the entrance of the hospital, there were two police officers standing guard. Erica then asked them in a hurry, “How is
my mother? Let me see my mother.”
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