A trace of surprise flashed in the middle-aged woman's eyes before she realized something and asked tentatively, “Miss, are you Mr. Murphy's wife?”
“Yes.” Violet nodded, and then asked rhetorically, “Madam, how do you know Stanley?”
An ordinary woman in a civilian district, by definition, couldn't know Stanley.
But she had guessed Violet identity directly through Calvin, which was a surprise to her.
It seemed that this middle-aged woman was not simple.
The middle-aged woman lowered her eyelids, seemingly torn about something, and after a few seconds, she suddenly cried, “Mrs. Murphy, I beg you, save my daughter.”
“What?” Violet was confused.
Weren't they talking about how she knew Stanley? What was going on?
Calvin suddenly remembered something and pulled the corner of Violet's shirt, “Mommy, he has the same last name as Vera Chambers?”
Hearing that, Violet's face changed, “So you guys are ......”
“Yes, Vera Chambers is my daughter and is Jason's sister.” The middle-aged woman Miranda took Jason's hand.
Jason didn't know what was happening, and bewilderment was revealed on his little face.
Violet's face turned embarrassed as she took the two children's hands, “Calvin, Arya, let's go!”
She really didn't expect that they were actually Vera's family.
For the family of a woman who had nearly killed her twice, she thought there was no need to make acquaintance.
However, as Violet and the two children were to leave, Miranda suddenly fell out of her wheelchair and sat down on the floor.
But Miranda didn't bother with her appearance and hurriedly reached out her hand to stop Violet, “Wait a minute, Mrs. Murphy, you misunderstood, my daughter didn't kill you. She was wrongly accused, she took the blame for someone else!”
“What?” Violet's pupils shrank as she jerked to a halt and turned back, “She took the blame for someone else?”
Miranda nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes, “Yes, my daughter is innocent. She only took the blame for others for our sake.”
Seeing that Miranda wasn't lying, Violet held her forehead, only to feel her mind in a state of confusion.
She needed to sort it out.
A few months back, Vera almost drowned her in the bathroom, but she got lucky and was saved by two women who came in to use the bathroom.
Later, Vera broke the elevator again and tried to get her killed, but still didn't succeed, and then she was absconded before being caught.
But now Vera's mother exclaimed that Vera didn't do any of these things and that she was taking the blame for someone else.
Violet only felt her scalp tingle and a cold air came up from her back.
If that was true, the real murderer had not been caught yet.
“Madam, what is going on here?” Violet helped Miranda up.
What happened next was not for a few kids to hear.
Violet asked the kids to go into the car.
Only Violet and Miranda were left outside.
Miranda wiped her tears and after stabilizing her emotions, she spoke, “Actually, on the day my daughter was arrested, I felt like the whole world collapsed, the police officer said that my daughter went to kill Mr. Murphy’s woman, that is, you, Mrs. Murphy, under jealousy, but it is impossible because ...... “
“Because of what?” Violet looked at her.
Miranda sobbed, “Because my daughter doesn’t like Mr. Murphy, but the boy from the Wong family, so she would not have tried to kill you because of jealousy, but my daughter didn't explain and didn't want me to complain, so she was sentenced.”
“So you feel she didn't do it, but you don't know she was convicted, right?” Violet narrowed her eyes.
Miranda nodded, “That's right, until last month when I went to see her in prison, she asked me if the debt collectors were still coming for us. You should know that our family used to be rich, right?”
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