The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 213

When Detective Jaylan Lockwood arrived with his officers, Vivienne had just woken up.

She came downstairs to find several police officers sitting on her living room couch, and Percival sitting opposite them with an indifferent look on his Face

The air was thick with tension.

Cordelia had already told Vivienne what had happened.

Beatrice had been attacked in Jewel Park, near the Jade Garden Residences. She was now in the hospital in a severely injured and unconscious state And at the place where Beatrice had fallen, a name had been written in her own blood. “Vivienne

This seemed to point directly to Vivienne as the perpetrator

Jaylan was just about to speak when Percival interrupted him.

“We’ve already given you all the security footage from the residential area. It proves that Vivienne didn’t leave the house last night after she returned with

me

Ms Hawthorn Jaylan addressed Vivienne respectfully Mr. Ellington’s surveillance footage does indeed prove your innocence. However, due to the complexity of the situation, we still need you to come to the station for a statement.”

Despite the accusations, he didn’t believe Vivienne was guilty.

Vivienne was a member of the prestigious Nine Mystics Society, so if she wanted to harm an old lady, she would certainly do it without leaving a trace But procedures had to be followed, especially since the news had already hit the headlines early in the morning

The passerby who discovered the crime scene had taken a close–up photo of the bloody word “Vivienne” and posted it online. It caused quite a stir

The Hawthorn family was well–known in Havenwood, and their grudges and grievances were known to the town’s gossip–loving populace

was a revenge act perpetrated by Vivienne.

write “Vivienne” in

online were divided.

justified, considering what Beatrice had

worse than a beast for harming her

take Vivienne to the police station. Otherwise, there would be suspicions of corruption People might

the old lady hates me so much that she’d

unconscious Jaylan sighed. The doctors say her condition is critical, and they don’t know when she’ll wake up. Plus, her head injury is severe, so she may not be able to speak normally even when she

on her face. Maybe I can

having coffee with Melissa, glanced at Arabella,

she had something on her mind. Her gaze

she just learned and smiled to herself

have found out that Paul had spent the night with three women, didn’t

was too preoccupied with the news she

statement saying they had taken Vivienne in

Arabella didn’t expect Beatrice, despite being on the brink of death, to be so damn lucky. Some passerby had found her and taken her to the hospital right

unconscious now but who knew when she

something that implicated her or used this situation

by the Hawthorn family for the rest

kill Beatrice when she had

waking up a news alert popped up on her phone. The headline read, Doctors Confirm Beatrice

Arabella dropped her

in the living room turned

“You’ve been out

up her phone and spoke with a voice choked with emotion. Grandma, i want to go to the hospital

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for Beatrice,

two sons immediately sought their help, so they were the ones paying for Beatrice’s

gone to the hospital first thing in the morning. She nodded. “You

eyes

was still hope. As long as Beatrice never