"Just what?"
Derek asked her to continue.
Meredith took a deep breath. "I did it for my own purpose."
She wasn't a lunatic. If it wasn't for the evidence of finding her mother's whereabouts, how could she be involved with Leo?
"For what purpose?"
Derek was clearly not satisfied with this statement. "What on earth do you want to do?"
Meredith took a deep breath. She looked into Derek's deep eyes and even forgot that they were getting too close. "If I tell you, will you believe me?"
Derek frowned imperceptibly. It was only then that he remembered that he had always sneered at what Meredith had said, had never heard them well and believed them.
Out of an indecipherable thought, he nodded. "I won't believe it until you tell me."
Meredith smiled. "If I say it wasn't me who hit you, it was Ava. It was my eighteenth birthday. She and my family tricked me into wearing that dress and letting me go for a ride in that car, will you believe me?"
For some reason, Meredith looked into his eyes and said everything.
Derek might not believe it, but at least she had a clear conscience.
Derek was silent for a moment. The topic was so shocking that his arms that put on Meredith loosened a little.
Meredith noticed this and laughed at herself.
It seemed that she was still thinking too well. Derek was so secretive about what had happened back then. How could he be willing to listen to her side of the story about the past?
Thinking about it, she got up, but Derek held her arm.
"Sit down."
The man's voice was a little hoarse.
Even he, as a victim, had some difficulty digesting the truth of the incident.
"You mean, the person who hit me was Ava?"
How ridiculous the statement is! If it was from other people, Derek would only sneer.
However, he knew what Meredith had suffered in the Masons, and it was not impossible for these things to happen to her.
However, it was still difficult to accept. After all, if what Meredith said was true, it would be a scandal.
At that time, the Xaviers had deliberately contacted someone before the sentence because they hated her for hit-and-run. Normally, the sentence for a car crash wouldn't be so severe.
Meredith looked at Derek's dark and unpredictable expression. She didn't know if Derek would believe her, but she hoped he did.
Derek met Meredith's eyes. There was a faint expectation in her eyes, a desire to be trusted.
Derek was never a soft-hearted person, but looking at Meredith now, he felt his heart ached.
"I am willing to believe you in this matter. I will find someone to investigate and prove your innocence."
Derek said word by word, and Meredith suddenly felt a twinge of bitterness in her chest. She thought that Derek would never believe her before she overturned the verdict. Now, his simple words left her at a loss.
For Meredith, the most precious thing in the world was trust.
"I'm already looking for evidence. It won't be long before the verdict is overturned."
Meredith said, suddenly feeling that the future was bright.
As long as she could exchange evidence from Leo, she could prove her innocence and her future would not be under the shadow all the time.
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