She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 276

Melanie looked up slowly, her gaze landing on the indignant Evelyn.

“Nifedipine reacts with grapefruit to create a toxin that causes dizziness, nausea, and a sharp drop in blood pressure… But judging by Lila’s symptoms, whoever drugged her controlled the dosage. It’s obvious they didn’t actually want to kill her.”

Everyone’s attention was now fixed on Melanie.

When the incident occurred, Melanie had been the quickest to react, and her first-aid skills were the most professional. As a result, her explanation now seemed incredibly credible.

“There are security cameras here. I haven’t been near Lila since we entered this buffet restaurant. You, on the other hand… Evelyn, you’re the one who got Lila the grapefruit juice.”

“I was…”

Melanie raised a hand, cutting off Evelyn’s attempt to defend herself, and continued her analysis.

“Lila doesn’t like sour drinks. She had so many glasses of juice before, none of them grapefruit, and she never finished any of them. The only one she finished was the grapefruit juice you gave her, because you forced her to drink it all… and immediately after, something happened to Lila.”

“Melanie! What are you trying to say?!”

Evelyn shot to her feet, her eyes wide with fury.

“I’m Lila’s mother! Why would I harm my own daughter? I gave Lila grapefruit juice to help her get more vitamin C. Besides, the bottle of nifedipine tablets fell out of your bag.”

“But you won’t find my fingerprints on it,” Melanie stated emphatically.

“Ha!”

Evelyn crossed her arms and sneered. “You must have worn gloves, then!”

“But the gloves are in your bag!”

At Melanie’s words, Evelyn’s expression changed drastically.

“Impossible! I already threw the gloves…”

Evelyn’s voice trailed off as she stopped mid-sentence.

She realized Melanie had been trying to trick her into a confession.

Upstairs, Preston rested one hand on the railing, his eyes cast down, observing the situation in the buffet restaurant below.

The park’s medic had arrived, but there was little he could do to help Lila.

Besides, someone had already administered correct and timely first aid. Lila would have no problem holding on until the ambulance arrived.

The real controversy was the identity of the culprit.

Evelyn insisted that Melanie had deliberately harmed Lila.

“You’ve held a grudge against Lila ever since the incident at the wave pool, so you intentionally controlled the dosage. It wasn’t enough to kill her, but it would make her suffer and scare me.”

Evelyn argued her case forcefully, emphasizing that Melanie, with her background in pharmacology, would know perfectly well that nifedipine and grapefruit juice react.

And the nifedipine tablets were readily available at the Hale Group.

Listening only to Evelyn’s accusations, it seemed certain that Melanie was guilty of trying to harm Lila.

However, the suspicions Melanie had raised about Evelyn were just as sharp and incisive.