Thinking, Violet dialed Stanley's number.
It seemed as if Stanley had been waiting for her call, as soon as the call came through, he answered, "Hello."
"Stanley, you're awake?" Violet asked, sitting on the couch.
Stanley raised his chin slightly, "Yes, is the banquet over?"
Violet nodded with a smile, "Yes, it's over."
"Are you tired?" Stanley asked in a caring voice.
Violet massaged her shoulders, "Yes, I have been standing all day."
Stanley was silent for a few seconds before he continued, "Then I'll arrange a maid to take care of you so you won't be so tired."
"No, I was kidding." Violet said with a tearful smile.
But Stanley still insisted, "You are pregnant, does it bother you?"
At that, Violet looked down and touched her belly, her eyes were gentle, "No, it behaved well."
Mostly, the pregnancy reaction hadn't really started yet, so naturally she didn't feel anything wrong.
But after a week, it might be the time to suffer.
Stanley didn't know what she was thinking and was sort of relieved to hear her words, "Good."
"Are the two kids up?" Violet picked up the glass of water on the coffee table and took a sip of it.
Stanley shook his head slightly, "No, I'll have Bella go wake them up."
"Ok." Violet responded.
Stanley then changed the topic, his voice becoming much colder, "By the way, I've found out some things about Ivy."
Hearing these words, Violet immediately sat up straight, her face serious, "What did you find out?"
"Just like you said, Ivy did abuse the cat more than once." Stanley said as he rubbed his brow.
Violet snorted, "So she is possible to kill me."
Stanley didn't respond, but only said, "I've already asked the Pearce family to investigate whether Colin has used his own power to harbor the murderer, if we find out that he has and that the person he has been harboring is Ivy, the answer will naturally come out."
"If it is really Ivy, Stanley, what will you do?" Violet asked in a light voice with her eyes downcast.
Stanley's thin lips twitched, and as he was about to speak, Violet added, "I want to hear the truth."
"Ivy should naturally pay the price she deserves for what she has done." Stanley was emotionless as he said that.
Violet smiled, feeling relieved.
Thankfully, he didn't let her down.
"Okay, Stanley, if it was really Ivy did that, I'll have her jailed, and you can't save her." Violet narrowed her eyes and her voice was stern.
In short, there was no way she was going to let the murderer off the hook.
The thought of Calvin almost got killed made her hate the murderer even more.
Stanley heard the determination in Violet's tone and answered with a cold, hard face, "I won't save her."
From what he had found out, Ivy had a problem in her character.
He learnt that people abused animals at their young age were typical empathy deficient offenders.
Such people were generally sociopaths, selfish and vicious, who destroyed whatever displeased them.
It was possible that Ivy was one of those people, so she was dangerous to others.
However there was no evidence right now to lock Ivy up, and if he did so, it would irritate Ivy and she might do something irrational.
"I am glad to hear that, but Dr. Baxter ......" Violet was worried.
Stanley's eyes sank, "I will talk to him."
"Alright then." Violet said with a smile, then yawned.
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