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

assault was a revenge act perpetrated by

else would Beatrice write “Vivienne” in her blood?

online were

justified, considering what Beatrice had done

than

this case. Detective Jaylan had no choice but to take Vivienne to the police

curious as to why the old lady hates me so much that she’d rather frame me than point to the real culprit

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

eyebrow as a playful smile appeared on her face. Maybe

having coffee with Melissa, glanced at Arabella, who was sitting across from her.

Her gaze was unfocused, and

she just learned and smiled to

that Paul had spent the night with three women, didn’t she?

She was too preoccupied with the news she

had issued a statement saying they had taken

damn lucky. Some passerby had found her and taken her

now but who knew when she would

said something that implicated her or used this situation to extort her? What would she

want to be controlled by the Hawthorn family for the rest

kill Beatrice when she had

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

Arabella dropped her

in the living room turned to

“You’ve been out of it all

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

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her hatred for Beatrice, she wasn’t completely heartless.

of Beatrice’s accident came out, her two sons immediately sought their help, so they were the ones paying

the hospital first thing in the morning. She nodded. “You should go. If you need anything,

Arabella’s eyes flashed

as Beatrice never