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

write “Vivienne” in

online were divided.

justified, considering what Beatrice had done

Vivienne, saying she was worse than a

but to take Vivienne to the police station. Otherwise, there would be suspicions

smiled “I’m quite curious as to why the old lady hates me so much that she’d rather frame me than

doctors say her condition is critical, and they don’t know when she’ll wake up. Plus, her head injury is severe, so she

as a playful smile appeared on her face. Maybe I can help her wake

was having coffee with Melissa, glanced at Arabella,

restless since this morning, like she had something on her mind. Her gaze was unfocused, and she often zoned out when

thought about the news she just learned

found out that Paul had spent

Ashley’s look. She was too preoccupied

issued a statement saying they had taken Vivienne in for questioning as a

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 after

who knew when

if Beatrice woke up and said something that implicated her or used

controlled by the Hawthorn family for the rest of her

Beatrice when she had the

up on her phone. The headline read,

dropped her phone

turned to

“You’ve been out of it

with a voice choked with emotion. Grandma, i want to go to the hospital to see Beatrice After all,

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hatred for Beatrice, she wasn’t

of Beatrice’s accident came out, her two sons immediately sought their help, so

thought Arabella would have gone to the hospital first thing in the morning. She nodded. “You should go. If you

Arabella’s eyes flashed

was still hope. As long as Beatrice never woke up