“I’m not too sure. I don’t even know much about what goes on in the Fraser family, let alone your family, Granddad.”
“He was involved in drugs and nearly dragged the entire Fairchild family down with him!” Just thinking about Zyon made Rufus’ blood boil, and he struck the coffee table hard with his cane.
He felt thoroughly disappointed. “Yulissa, that woman you’re pining for, was in it with him. Her sudden return to the country after five years of disappearance was also all because of Zyon. He arranged for Yulissa to inject drugs into Xavier’s body because he wanted to ruin your cousin, making it easier for him to take Xavier’s place. That woman was also a drug addict!”
“I know she did drugs before, but she’s not a drug addict. She kicked that habit long ago and returned because she still had feelings for Xavier. It’s nothing like how you described it,” Nate replied firmly.
Rufus let out a bark of exasperated laughter. “That woman really did have a trick or two up her sleeve. She told you a part of the truth right at the start, then reeled you in and twisted you around her little finger with a web of lies and half-truths. How ingenious. What an impressive scheme!”
He paused and took a deep breath before continuing, “There’s evidence of her drug usage. It’s all with Winnie. We have all the proof you could want, including the police report you lodged about Winnie bringing illegal drugs out of the country. Yulissa was the one who gave those drugs, which were failed products from her grandfather’s research. There were more than ten vials in total. On the night of Garland Group’s fifteenth-anniversary celebration, she wanted to harm Xavier and Winnie. In the end, she injected all of the drugs into Xavier.”
“Granddad, her grandfather—” Nate tried to explain, but Rufus cut him off.
“Shut up and listen to what I have to say first. Those drugs have severely affected Xavier’s nervous system, and we have no way of knowing whether there’ll be any other side effects in the future. Because of those drugs, he’s showing signs of cognitive impairment and mania.”
“I’m not, Grandpa,” Xavier protested.
“You say you’re not, yet you drove hundreds of kilometers from Baykeep all the way to Nate’s house in the dead of night while speeding the entire journey, didn’t you? Are you crazy? And let me ask you this. Do you still remember the day Yulissa died?”
Xavier frowned. “I don’t remember it. My last memory of her is from five years ago. Are you sure something like that really happened? I checked, and there were no homicides downtown the day Garland Group celebrated their fifteenth anniversary.”
“That’s because I blocked all publication of the news. Let me ask you another question. Is that wife of yours, Winnie Garland, an idiot?”
Xavier’s expression darkened instantly after getting asked that question by Rufus in front of everyone.
However, since the person who posed that question was his grandfather, he did not lash out. Instead, he pursed his lips.
“Winnie may not be as intelligent as the average person, but I won’t tolerate anyone calling her an idiot to my face. Since you’re my grandfather, all the more reason you shouldn’t say that about your granddaughter-in-law.”
Judging from Xavier’s expression and tone, it did not sound as though he was joking in the slightest.
Even Nate could not help furrowing his brows when he heard that.
Rufus promptly looked at Nate and asked, “How about you? Do you think she’s an idiot?”
Nate remained silent. However, the look of disbelief on his face as he glanced toward Xavier said it all.
Haha! If Winnie is an idiot, everyone in this world must be mentally challenged. How could she possibly be an idiot? Has Xavier really lost his mind?
Nate did not buy it. “Yulissa said you gifted her a set of diamond jewelry. Do you remember that?”
“I never gave her any diamond jewelry, and I don’t know how she died. If you dare to trouble Winnie again because of this matter, I won’t let you get away with it!”
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