Until Lyra left a long time, Collin was still sitting frozen in place, with his mind frantically analyzing the incident.
Ethel's statement said that their mother was sick because she discovered the adultery between their father and his lover.
But, by that time, Collin was not young.
He remembered very well that he was around when their mother fell ill with cancer, and there was no way it was caused by anger.
Moreover, their mother had already known about Ethel and her mother's existence the year Ethel was born.
She knew her husband well enough that he was a playboy, and simply couldn't stop him.
And their mother was a career-minded woman. Divorce and property division will lead to a lot of problems. So she simply did not care about her husband but had been pretending not to know and respected each other as a guest.
How could Ethel have done such a thing when she was so young?
Collin thought about it and came to a conclusion.
She was deliberate. With the pretext of using their mother's death, she tricked Lyra to the villa and wanted to die with Lyra. Knowing that it was impossible to get Lyra killed and would reveal her intentions, she still shot.
Did she return Collin's favor and help resolve the rift between Lyra and him?
It was because of the guilt of watching him being abused too much by Lyra some time ago?
Perhaps the only way to get the right answer was to meet Ethel in person.
But Lyra would not let him see Ethel in private, and if Lyra knew it, it was going to harm their kinship again.
Collin's mind was in turmoil, hesitating whether to tell Lyra what he knew.
He was anxious and worried when Kathleen walked in and sat down next to him.
"Just now Lyra left. She didn't look very good. What did you say to upset her?"
Collin shook his head, fought the dryness in his throat, and said, "I was going to ask what exactly Ethel had told her on the island. I wanted to share with her some of the things Mom had left behind. She thought I was going to plead for Ethel and was pissed off."
"Huh?"
Kathleen was stunned, "Then why didn't you explain to her? Lyra was already very sensitive about you helping Ethel, so it would have been a big misunderstanding!"
Collin coughed so hard that his face turned wan.
It was not that he didn't want to explain. It was that Lyra had already decided that he simply had no time to speak, and he was deep in thoughts by Lyra showing him the Ethel's deposition.
Kathleen kept sighing, "Your relation with your little sister finally has eased up. Since the day you took a bullet for her, her attitude towards you is obviously showing that she wants to forgive you. Now it's ruined again."
Collin was silent and handed Kathleen a copy of Ethel's statement.
"Ethel said she got my mom killed and deliberately provoked Rara. But I knew Ethel couldn't have had that chance. She shot me on the island was to help me."
cough cough ...
He was speaking too quickly and coughed, "Honey, should I tell Rara the truth?"
Kathleen seriously helped him analyze, "There is misunderstanding between you two. If you help Ethel defense, she will not think you are telling the truth. And she will only think you deliberately say so in order to help Ethel. And she will even think you and Ethel colluded in advance on the island. That you take this shot will become a bitter trick. "
Collin lowered his eyes gloomily, and was torn because he shared the same opinion with Kathleen.
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