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

believed that Beatrice’s assault was a revenge act perpetrated

Beatrice write

online were

justified, considering what Beatrice had done in

than a beast for harming her

to the police station. Otherwise, there would

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

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

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

who was having coffee with Melissa, glanced

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

just

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

notice Ashley’s look. She was too preoccupied with the news she had

statement saying they had taken Vivienne in for questioning

brink of death, to be so damn lucky. Some passerby had found her and taken her to the hospital right after Arabella had

was unconscious now but who knew when she would

implicated her or used this situation

Hawthorn family

when

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

dropped her phone

the living room turned

frowning “You’ve been out

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

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

thing in the morning. She nodded. “You should go. If you need anything, let the servants know in

Grandma” Arabella’s eyes flashed with determination.

long as Beatrice never woke up everything would be fine