You’ll Fall for Me, Today or Tomorrow novel Chapter 90

The next day, the pain in Clarissa’s body was even more pronounced, so much so that she didn’t dare to move a muscle.

Since lying on her belly felt more uncomfortable, she got down from the bed and stood still, which eased the pain slightly.

Ellie came to visit her early in the morning and even brought along some breakfast.

However, she was taken aback upon spying the lunchbox on the coffee table.

“Who brought this for you?”

Just as Clarissa was racking her brain for an answer, Ellie came up with one all on her own.

“Was it your boyfriend? Did he come over? Why didn’t he stay longer? I’m curious about what he looks like. Anyway, did he come here last night?”

Clarissa fumbled for words before squeaking out, “Mm… He did. He has to work today, so he left early. Besides, I’m not that badly injured. There’s no need for him to stay too long.”

“Hmph! That’s not the point. It’s the thought that counts. Anyway, let me tell you, even though I haven’t met this boyfriend of yours, I already don’t have a good impression of him.”

Ellie bluntly announced her standing, not bothering to sugar coat her words.

As for Clarissa, she could only smile wryly because there was nothing she could do.

Later in the morning, two people visited Clarissa in her ward.

It was Donnie and a police officer.

Ellie was puzzled, as she thought the incident last night had already been resolved.

“Ms. Tyson, this officer has a few questions for you. It’s about the girl named Lucy.”

“Lucy?”

Ellie was bewildered.

“Ms. Tyson, how long have you known Lucy?”

“Uh… Less than a month, I think?”

The officer glanced at Donnie, then continued asking Ellie a few questions about Lucy.

Seeing Ellie’s confusion, Donnie walked her through the details after the interrogation was over.

It turned out that Lucy had shown withdrawal symptoms at the police station last night and was caught by them. Perhaps it was coincidental, or perhaps Lucy had run into a bout of bad luck. Due to the heavy discomfort she felt from being unable to relieve the symptoms, she had begged and rambled on about many things in the end. Among those things was the fact that she had approached Ellie on purpose.

At that time, it was thanks to their captain, Shawn Hayes, that they caught the important details after a brief analysis. Later on, they also got Lucy to confess the reason she had deliberately approached Ellie.

“Ms. Tyson, this Lucy girl approached you because someone gave her the idea. They told her that if she wanted to break up with her current abusive boyfriend, she needed to get you to intervene and the breakup would be a success.”

“Even if that’s the case, she was the one who wanted to break up. What difference does it make that I had a hand in it? I could never stand men who hit women anyway.”

The police officer explained, “That’s the problem. After Captain Hayes analyzed the situation, he found that breaking up was only one of the goals. Lucy’s boyfriend has a tendency to beat people up whenever he gets upset. Previously, he had beaten up some rich people in his drunken state and suffered rather severe consequences. So Ms. Tyson, if he knew you were the one who urged Lucy to break up, it was inevitable that he’d go after you. This was the ultimate goal.”

Clarissa gasped in surprise at that. “You mean, their goal was to beat Ellie up?”

“It’s a possibility we can’t rule out. We also interrogated Lucy, and she said she doesn’t know the person who gave her the idea. It was just a girl she met at a bar and exchanged a few words with.”

“Bullsh*t! You’re saying someone wanted to beat me up and even went through all this hassle to do it? Is that Captain Hayes or whatever his name is delusional? Isn’t he exhausted from coming up with such a complicated theory?”

The police officer’s mouth arched into a helpless smile. “Captain Hayes has many years of experience in solving cases. His instincts are usually spot on.”

“Hmph! I don’t believe that, not for one second!”

Ellie remained skeptical, but since the officer had said everything that needed to be said, Donnie sent him off soon after.

In the room, Ellie’s face was sullen, while Clarissa’s features were lined with worry.

“Ellie, there must be some truth since it’s what the police said. Maybe there really is someone holding a grudge against you, but just like you said, why go through all the hassle instead of just confronting you? Besides, getting someone to beat you up doesn’t mean they’d succeed.”

As Ellie fell into deep contemplation, Clarissa worriedly gnawed her lip.

“Can you think of anyone who’d hold a grudge against you? It’s probably not that big of a grudge…”

Ellie shook her head. “There are indeed many people who I have conflicts with; some rivals from work and the occasional random people I offend. There are too many to count. It’s impossible to root them out. Whoever played this trick on me is a coward, so there’s nothing for me to be afraid of.”

“I know you’re not afraid, but they might harbor more bad intentions. You have to be more careful.”

Ellie’s lips quirked into a smile when she saw Clarissa’s bunched up brows.

“Look at you. You’re turning into an old lady. Don’t worry, I’m not that stupid. I’ll be careful.”

Clarissa wasn’t reassured, but worrying about it was useless. They still had to get the police to catch the culprit.