The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 213

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

write

online were

said Vivienne was justified, considering what Beatrice had done in the past.

saying she was worse than a

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

to why the old lady hates me so much that she’d rather frame me than

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

on her face. Maybe I can help her wake

having coffee with Melissa, glanced at Arabella, who was

she had something on her mind. Her gaze was unfocused, and

she just learned and smiled to

had spent the night with

too preoccupied with the news she had seen that morning

had issued a statement saying they had taken Vivienne in

on the brink of death, to be so damn lucky. Some

but who knew

up and said something that implicated her or used this situation to extort

to be controlled by the Hawthorn family

kill Beatrice when she had the chance last

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

dropped her

living room turned to look at

asked, frowning “You’ve

choked with emotion. Grandma,

Chapter 213

Beatrice, she wasn’t

came out, her two sons immediately sought their

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

Grandma” Arabella’s eyes flashed with

long as Beatrice never woke up everything would

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