The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About novel Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Five Years Ago Was Murder, Ms. Lowell, What Is Your Explanation

"AHH!! Shut up, shut up!!" Rose Lowell’s heart leaped into her throat. She knew what this person was about to say. She lunged forward like a madwoman, screaming, "Shut up! I said, shut up!"

Luke White quickly intercepted Rose Lowell as Owen Underwood continued, his voice trembling:

"The night of the fire, Ms. Lowell gave me five hundred thousand to bribe me. She told me that if anyone asked who started the fire, I was to give Estelle Lockwood’s name..."

"I... I wasn’t in my right mind. I didn’t mean to! I didn’t know anything had happened to Estelle Lockwood at the time!"

Next, a woman in her fifties spoke up. "I’m the head nurse of the obstetrics and gynecology department in Crestfall. Ms. Lowell said she was doing it for Estelle Lockwood’s own good. I... I thought a biological mother would never harm her own daughter, so I took all of Estelle Lockwood’s belongings and her diary and burned them..."

"I didn’t know Estelle Lockwood didn’t want to die! I thought she had really committed suicide! I really didn’t know!"

"It was all Rose Lowell! She made me do it!"

After that, more people came forward one by one, their voices trembling as they recounted the events of the night of the fire five years ago.

"That day, Rose Lowell furiously confronted Estelle Lockwood, trying to force her to have an abortion. Estelle Lockwood refused, and Rose Lowell slapped her twice. The fire started later that night..."

"Rose Lowell said Estelle Lockwood committed suicide. As outsiders, how could we have suspected her own mother?"

"I’m not an accomplice! I didn’t commit a crime! How was I supposed to know Estelle Lockwood didn’t start the fire? I didn’t commit perjury! You can’t blame me..."

Estelle Lockwood’s gaze swept over each of their faces.

She remembered them.

Five years ago, after her "death," these were the very people who had declared with absolute certainty: "Estelle Lockwood started the fire! We will not tolerate this!"

It was precisely because of their testimonies that the case was closed so quickly, and public opinion became so extreme.

Now, they were all weeping and wailing, claiming it wasn’t intentional, that they too had been deceived by Rose Lowell.

The nails they had driven into Estelle Lockwood’s coffin had boomeranged back, piercing themselves and Rose Lowell.

The doctors, nurses, lawyers, and others from back then all stood up to testify against Rose Lowell, causing an instant uproar.

Online, Noelle Lockwood’s fans could no longer control the comments section.

[So what really happened with that fire? Did Estelle Lockwood start it or not?]

[My guess is Estelle Lockwood was the victim! If she really started the fire, why would Rose Lowell bribe so many people to frame her? Why forge a suicide note?]

[But Rose Lowell is Estelle Lockwood’s biological mother! Her daughter died in a fire, and not only did she not investigate the truth, she pinned the crime of arson on her. What was her motive?]

[Biological mother? Would a real mother ignore her own daughter, Estelle Lockwood, force her to get an abortion, and slap her? Would she dote on her adopted daughter, Noelle Lockwood, with her entire being?]

[My family has some standing in Crestfall, and for the longest time, we didn’t even know Estelle Lockwood was the Lockwood Family’s biological daughter. Rose Lowell always seemed to despise her, publicly hitting or scolding her. If anyone asked, she’d say Estelle was an ill-behaved ’child of poor relatives.’ But when she talked about Noelle Lockwood, she looked as proud as if Noelle were her own great achievement.]

[I bet Rose Lowell resented her biological daughter for growing up in the countryside and hated her for coming back to snatch the heiress position from Noelle Lockwood. So this was the perfect opportunity, wasn’t it? A chance to get rid of the troublesome biological daughter, slander her name, and then hand over the Lockwood Family to Noelle Lockwood, all perfectly justified?]

[Yes, yes, I heard the Lockwood Family was planning to hand over the inheritance rights to Noelle Lockwood today.]

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