Although he was rather confident in his guess and was almost certain that that was the truth, he had to say something to calm his wife down. However, it was impossible to disarm Roxanne’s wrath.
Instantly, her expression changed into that of resentment and rage, her chest heaving frantically with every breath. Her breathing was getting increasingly rapid while her eyes glimmered with anger.
“That means my mom’s death wasn’t that simple, right?” the woman asked in a choked. voice as her body trembled uncontrollably.
They had to wait for Grant to wake up to find out the truth. However, overwhelmed with resentment and grief, Roxanne was inconsolable.
While waiting for Grant to wake up, Roxanne noticed her mother’s blissful smile in her parents’ wedding photo, which was hanging on the wall in Grant’s room. Instantly, tears started streaming down her face.
Just then, Lucian entered the room with some food for his wife. While she ate, he gently wiped her tears away with a piece of tissue.
Roxanne did not eat much due to a lack of appetite. When she was done, Lucian passed her a glass of water without insisting that she finish her food.
Fixing her gaze on Grant’s face, Roxanne could not help but curse her father silently in her heart. If my mom was indeed poisoned to death by that homewrecker, you would be no different from a murderer! After all, you were the one who brought her back. You will have to pay for my mother’s death!
A while later, the police arrived. They checked the surveillance recordings, took the statements of two housekeepers, and drew a blood sample from Grant to test in the laboratory.
They left after promising Lucian and Roxanne that, once the laboratory results were out, they would arrest Winnie at once.
At around eight in the evening, Roxanne performed another round of acupuncture on Grant. The medicine which was given to the man orally was also starting to take effect.. Finally, he woke up after the poison in his body was neutralized.
After opening his eyes, Grant stared blankly at the ceiling without moving or talking. The housekeepers quickly ran to the living room to inform Roxanne and Lucian that Grant had regained consciousness.
Roxanne dashed into the room at once. Standing next to her father’s bed, she asked anxiously, “Tell me, how did my mom die? Did Winnie poison her? That was what happened, right?”
Roxanne was feeling extremely emotional. However, Grant did not respond and remained motionless. His expression was blank, and his eyes were empty.
Lucian had entered the room as well. When he noticed the nonresponsive state of his father- in-law, he walked over to him coldly and swung a punch directly at his face.
If he had not stopped himself at the last minute, the force of the punch would be enough to shatter Grant’s nose bridge.
However, as Lucian’s intention was just to test if Grant was putting on an act, he held back his fist right before it landed on the man’s face. Indeed, Grant blinked and quickly returned to his senses.
“Tell me the truth! Please tell me the truth!” Roxanne could no longer contain her fury and started yelling while grabbing her father’s collar. The next moment, a sorrowful expression appeared on Grant’s face, and his eyes reddened.
“Yes, it’s definitely Winnie’s doing. A few days ago, I found your mother’s medical records while looking through her belongings. It was stated in there that excessive heavy metals were found in her body. I consulted a doctor and was told that it was a sign of poisoning. I… I did not expect Winnie to be so vicious!”
Taking a pause, he continued, “So, I called Winnie and lied to her that I had found the item your mother had left behind and told her to come over to get it. When she arrived, I asked her if she had poisoned your mother.
She tried to deny it at first, but after I questioned her repeatedly and threatened to call the police, she finally admitted it out of fear and begged me to let her off. I was so mad and wanted her to tell me exactly what she did so that I could record her confession on my phone. Out of fury, she hit me…” Grant fell back into a daze as his voice trailed off.
Despite being mentally prepared, Roxanne still felt that she was about to burst from rage when she heard the truth. Just then, Lucian narrowed his eyes and asked, “Was it also Winnie who poisoned you?”
Upon hearing that, Grant burst into tears.
“Sorry! I’m so sorry! I’ve let your mom down. I was the one who caused her death! I took the poison myself. I wanted to die! Someone like me doesn’t deserve to continue living…”
Grant confessed that he originally wanted to take his own life. Since sleeping pills were not easy to buy, he bought a drug that aided blood clotting.
Despite knowing that it would be a painful death, he was already in the terminal stage of his cancer and would die at the end of the day. It’ll hurt far worse when my cancer eventually acts up. At least this pain can alleviate some of my inner torment.
“So, you were trying to take your own life?” Lucian was slightly taken aback. Winnie’s arrest would fail if that were the case.
Grant stopped responding and burst into tears. When Roxanne saw how hard he was crying, she gradually calmed down and fixed a cold, hostile gaze on him.
“What gives you the right to cry, Grant? And what right do you have to die? Since Winnie did it, you should’ve dragged her to death with you. In the end, you’re still not over her. Am I right? After all, you still have two children with her, right?”
She felt a wave of regret wash over her. / should’ve ignored my despicable father from the very beginning and just let him die.
“I’m so sorry, Roxanne!” Grant wanted to say something more, but Roxanne did not wish to hear another word. At the moment, all she wanted was to find Winnie as soon as possible. I’ll never let that b*tch off!
When Lucian saw his wife storming off to start the car, he swiftly dissuaded her and got behind the wheel himself, intending to first go to the police station to check on the situation’s development.
However, just as they arrived at the police station, the police officer in charge of the case gave him a call.
“Mr. Farwell, we were able to prove from the test results that there was an excessive amount of coagulant in Mr. Jarvis’ body, causing the blood to clot. Hence, there’s a possibility that he was poisoned, but he could’ve also overdosed. Just now, we called Mr. Jarvis to confirm that he had awakened, and since that was the case, we hoped that he would come over to cooperate with the investigation. He insisted, however, that he took the drugs himself. Since he was trying to take his own life, the case is…”
After hearing that, Lucian glanced at Roxanne beside him, hoping she had not heard anything.
What’s going on with Grant? One moment, he keeps on pleading for forgiveness. In the next, he breaks down in tears. Yet, he still testifies in Winnie’s defense so that the police can’t arrest her. Is he schizophrenic? How depressed will Roxanne be if she learns that Grant is still defending Winnie?
Lucian decided not to tell Roxanne about it, so he said to the officer, “We’ll be there shortly. There’s something I need your help with.”
“No problem. I’ll wait for you at the police station.” After saying that, the officer hung up the phone. While Lucian was putting away his phone, Roxanne abruptly asked, “Is there no way to make an arrest?”
There was a miserable and bitter smile on her face. He nodded. “It’s fine. Even if we can’t arrest her, we can still find her,” he comforted her.
After Lucian spoke to the officer at the police station, a look of understanding crossed the latter’s face, and he gave them Winnie’s current address.
The two wasted no time and headed straight to a mansion in the suburbs. Taking into consideration that his wife was pregnant, Lucian instructed Cayden to immediately arrange for bodyguards to go along to ensure her safety.
It was past ten at night when they arrived. Roxanne gritted her teeth with hatred when she saw the size of the mansion’s residential area.
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