"Angeline, I was there when she died." Jay did not plan to keep this from Angeline because even if he did not say it, Cole, that flatterer, would.
"Was the driver one of your men?" Angeline asked.
Jay shook his head. "No. I don't know the offender."
Angeline stared at Jay with a confused gaze, silently ruling out the possibility of Jay being the direct cause of Judy’s death.
"How did she die, then?"
Jay replied, "She was killed by her unrepenting ways and greed."
Angeline grew even more confused.
Jay continued to explain, "I had an argument with Cole in the car so I pulled over right in front of a wall and got out of the car in a fit of pique. Coincidentally, I saw Judy standing at the road ahead, about to cross. When she saw me, she looked like she was put under a spell and forgot to cross the road. Even when the traffic light turned green, she continued to stand there like a wooden puppet. The drivers were impatient, so they began driving, shuttling back and forth as she stood in the middle. Then very suddenly, she rushed toward me... and a truck that was speeding just..."
Jay did not want Angeline to learn about Judy's gruesome death, so he did not go on at this point.
"What did you do to her?" Angeline looked at Jay.
Her instincts told her that Judy would not have run for no reason.
Jay's countenance suddenly chilled as he replied sullenly, "She clearly knows that I'm married yet still let her feelings run free. Death is too good for people like her."
Angeline sighed. "She may have made a mistake, but that's not enough to warrant death. Judy is just like Baby Zetty. They both fell in love with the wrong person. They're persistent but also full of affection. They just don't know how to free themselves."
Jay corrected her, saying, "They're not the same. When Baby Zetty loves someone, she would choose to destroy herself in order to give others her blessings; o n the other hand, Judy is an egoist, both selfish and vicious..."
Angeline smiled weakly and said, "Your daughter is your little cotton ball, so you'll accept everything she does. But you're prejudiced against Judy... so you tend to magnify all her mistakes..."
Angeline lamented, "The dead are gone. Don't worry, I won’t give myself trouble. I just think that an orphan like her deserves a proper burial considering she died such a tragic death in Imperial Capital. I guess that's the last thing you could do to fulfill your promise to
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