Chapter 241
The laugh was bitter, edged with ridicule._
Maybe she was laughing at herself.
Maybe she was laughing at what was left of her marriage to Evan.
Probably both.
She looked at him. “I really don’t understand what the point is of tying me to you with a marriage like this.”
Love?
Hardly.
At this point, neither of them seemed to believe in that word anymore.
Because where there was love, there had to be trust.
And between her and Evan, there was none.
“How did we even end up together in the first place?” Stella asked quietly.
Evan never believed her.
And when it came to the children, the disappointment in his eyes had cut the deepest.
That look on his face, like he truly believed she was vicious enough to hurt a child.
If that was the kind of woman he thought she was, then how had they ever gotten to this point?
Evan said nothing.
The room fell silent.
Stella looked at him and continued, “In that recording, the child was clearly in Summer’s hands. If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do about that. But I already called the police.
“I dared to call them. So why didn’t Summer, the child’s own mother?”
Evan: “…”
She dared to call the police.
Why didn’t Summer?
Why not?
Was it really, like Stella said, because she didn’t dare?
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Back at the hospital, the moment Summer found out Stella had called the police, she panicked.
“Mrs. Mendes, she called the police. What do we do?”
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Mrs. Mendes quickly tried to steady her. “Miss, calm down.”
Then she lowered her voice. “We arranged everything carefully. The police might not be able to find anything.”
Summer’s heart was pounding so hard it hurt.
Just then, Fiona came back with Summer’s medication. The moment she stepped inside, she caught the words “carefully arranged” and, right after that, “the police might not find it.”
Summer’s face was full of panic.
“Sister-in-law, you’re awake? What are you talking about?”
Fiona walked in with the medicine and looked between them.
When she’d gone to get it, Summer had still been asleep from the sedative.
She hadn’t expected her to wake so quickly.
Now that Fiona was back and asking questions, Summer’s face went even paler.
Mrs. Mendes stepped in at once. “Nothing.”
Fiona didn’t have Evan’s terrifying presence, so Mrs. Mendes wasn’t afraid of brushing her off.
Fiona frowned. “But I heard you say something about hiding things, and that the police might not find it. Were you talking about the baby?”
Summer: “.. ”
Mrs. Mendes: “…”
At Fiona’s question, both of them felt their hearts jolt.
“No, no, not the baby. You heard wrong.”
“Then what were you talking about? Why were the police involved?”
Summer forced herself to answer, “I was saying Stella must have hidden the baby really well, so the police might not find her easily.”
The second Stella’s name came up, Fiona’s expression turned dark.
That woman.
Who knew when she’d finally disappear from the Wright family?
The whole family had been miserable because of her.
And Fiona still couldn’t understand what exactly her brother saw in her that made him refuse to let go.
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