The police officer gave her a business card.
Violet took a look and thanked him, then left and drove towards the psychiatric hospital where Phoebe was.
She wanted to see if Phoebe was really crazy or just pretended!
Soon, Violet arrived at the psychiatric hospital.
After Violet inquired the front desk where Phoebe was, she walked towards the elevator.
Two minutes later, Violet found the room where Phoebe was.
The door of the room was open. Phoebe was sitting on the ground. A nurse was bending over, trying to pull her up.
Phoebe kicked randomly. But she just couldn't get up, and lost her temper at the nurse.
Seeing Phoebe's silly look, Violet felt that Phoebe was really a little crazy.
"Ahem!!" Violet knocked on the door and cleared her throat slightly.
The nurse stood up and looked at her, "Who are you?"
"I'm her relative. I heard that there is some problem with her brain, so I came to see her." Violet pointed to her head and said to the nurse.
The nurse didn't doubt her identity, and replied with a smile, "Then I won't bother you."
"Okay." Violet nodded.
The nurse left.
Violet walked into the room and then walked around Phoebe on the ground. She stopped in front of Phoebe, "Not bad!"
Phoebe seemed not to hear Violet. She was muttering something, and pulled Barbie doll's hair.
"Stop acting. I know you are pretending. You didn’t go crazy at all!" Violet bent over and lifted Phoebe's chin.
Phoebe still didn't respond. She looked so silly and even her eyes were unfocused.
Violet frowned.
Phoebe was really good at pretending. If Violet touched Phoebe like this in the past, Phoebe would have lost her temper long ago. Now in order to avoid to go to the jail, she could not only pretend to be crazy and stupid, but also tolerated Violet’s actions, which was really admirable.
But Violet wanted to see how long Phoebe could pretend, and whether she could keep pretending to be!
Thinking of this, Violet pushed Phoebe abruptly.
Phoebe fell to the ground. The Barbie doll in her hand also flew out, then she was completely stunned.
After a few seconds, she suddenly cried and put her hands on her eyes like a child, "Mom, mom, some bad guys hit me. Some bad guys hit me..."
Footsteps soon came from outside the door.
The next second, Talia came in from outside carrying a thermos.
Seeing Phoebe, Talia hurriedly put the thermos aside, stepped forward to pull Phoebe up, and patted Phoebe's back to comfort her, "Shhh, I’m here. Phoebe, don't cry."
Violet stood blankly on the side and raised her eyebrows slightly when she saw this scene.
Talia treated Phoebe as a child and was coaxing her?
Phoebe's performance really exceeded Violet’s expectations. Violet thought that her push would let Phoebe show her real face, and then she could determine whether Phoebe was acting.
But she didn't expect Phoebe could tolerate it than she thought.
After a while, Phoebe's cries gradually became much smaller. Then she finally fell asleep in Talia's arms.
Talia put Phoebe on the bed and covered the quilt for her. Then, Talia’s face changed. She glared at Violet fiercely, "Bitch! What are you doing here? Phoebe was driven crazy by you. Now you even come here to bully her. Do you want her to die?"
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