The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172 The Truth

Danica and Brie nodded.

The living room became very quiet.

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“So, this really ends just like that?” Vance asked in disbelief, his mouth open as he looked at Brie.

Brie nodded again.

The living room sank back into silence.

Suddenly, the TV broadcast a news report.

“Chris, the current assistant principal at Zrario High, is suspected of corruption and bribery. According to sources, during his time at the school, he also molested several female students and had improper relationships with them. He has been arrested. According to the police and the court, Chris has been fined 500,000 dollars and sentenced to 30 years in prison.”

Everyone’s attention shifted to the television.

The official news segment about Chris had already ended and moved on to the next report, but Vance and the others still hadn’t recovered from the shock.

As they watched the news, their eyes widened like walnuts and their mouths enough to fit an egg.

Official news on TV couldn’t possibly be fake, right?

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“So that means there’s a strong possibility that Cassia only fought back because the assistant principal tried to assault her,” Geneva guessed.

The others also felt that this must be the truth.

Thinking it through carefully, Cassia was the kind of person who wouldn’t strike unless provoked. If Chris tried to assault her, she would definitely fight back.

“Then what about the piano?” Victoria asked again.

At the mention of the piano, Brie’s heart skipped a beat. She hesitated before saying, “Regarding that, the piano club doesn’t plan to pursue the matter anymore.”

“They’re not pursuing it?!” the three of them exclaimed in shock.

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That was a 10,000,000–dollar piano!

“Why aren’t they pursuing it?”

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They were happy the club wasn’t suing, but this was just too strange.

“Is there more to this story, too?” Victoria wondered.

Maybe Cassia didn’t break the piano?

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This thought crossed Geneva’s mind, but Victoria and Vance dismissed it immediately.

To them, Cassia was definitely the one who kicked and broke it.

Just as they were thinking this, Vance’s phone on the coffee table lit up.

He picked it up. Someone had sent him an anonymous video.

What was this?

Puzzled, Vance opened it.

At the same time, Victoria and Geneva also received an anonymous video on their phones.

The video was surveillance footage from a music classroom at the piano club.

In the video, the classroom was empty. Only Brie stood in front of the piano, opening the lid with a strange expression. She then reached both hands inside, busily doing something.

Anyone with a functioning brain could guess what that meant.

“Brie, what is going on? Did you break the piano?”

Vance frowned and stared at Brie. He looked serious and

upset.

He did not allow his adopted daughter to make any mistakes.

Brie saw the video on their phones and panicked.

If they confirmed that the piano really was broken by her, Vance would definitely scold her, lose favor with her, and abandon her.

Victoria and Geneva would also be disappointed in her. Once that happened, she would lose their favor.

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If she lost their favor, the Woods would see her as useless. She wouldn’t be the popular, pretty girl she was now. They might even throw her out on the street.

It would be like a queen in the old days being sent to a cold, lonely prison.

So she absolutely could not admit it!

She hurriedly turned to look at Danica, but Danica only puffed up her cheeks in frustration and said nothing.

Because Danica had been grounded by Vance before, she no longer dared to act up in front of her father and couldn’t speak up for Brie.

Brie kept wondering who did this.

Cassia?

She could guess it was that bitch!

First, Cassia made her look like a fool in front of the whole school, and now she sent this video to her parents and grandma.

Was she trying to get revenge?

But you think too little of me, Brie.

“Dad, Mom, Grandma, listen to my explanation. I was just trying to fix the piano. I didn’t do anything else.” As Brie spoke, large tears rolled down her face.

“I already explained this at school. I don’t know who’s targeting me and deliberately clipped this misleading footage. I swear, it really wasn’t me!”

After saying this in a pitiful tone, Brie deliberately turned her face toward Danica.

“Danica, tell them. Isn’t that right?”

“Huh? Uh, yeah.”

Danica was thinking about something else and didn’t hear what Brie said. She just agreed out of habit.

Vance’s frown deepened.

He remembered that whenever he said anything slightly critical of his adopted daughter, Brie would

cry like this.

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It wasn’t that he hated people crying, but whenever she cried, he felt like he couldn’t say anything more because he was a man.

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