He pushed the door open and saw that Zoe’s eyes were wrapped in white bandages. She was sitting on the bed, trying to get down, but Cole stopped her.
“Elyette, you’re here,” Henry said.
Zoe heard what Henry said. Her body instantly stiffened. Then, she lost it. “Elyette! Elyette! Averie …Averie gouged my eyes! She made me so miserable!”
“Uncle, I didn’t want to disturb you, but Zoe’s condition right now, I really don’t know what I should do,” Cole said troublingly, “It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have let Zoe see the photo of me and Averie in the past. Today only I found out that she went to look for Averie yesterday…”
Elyette suddenly remembered the incident the day before. The person that pulled Averie’s hair was Zoe!
Even if they fought yesterday, Averie would not have done such a cruel thing to Zoe! He still remembered what Averie said when he brought this matter up. She said it was a small matter and it was not worth mentioning.
If Averie was loathing Zoe at that time, her tone and expressions would not be so relaxed and natural.
“Please leave the room. I want to talk to Zoe privately,” Elyette said in a low voice.
Henry and Cole immediately left the room. Even the nurse looking after Zoe left. Only Elyette and Zoe were left in the room.
Zoe reached out both her hands, groping in mid-air. “Elyette…”
Elyette grabbed her hands. “I’m here. Zoe, why did you say it was Averie that did this to you? Did you see her do it?”
Zoe shook her head. “I didn’t see it, because when I came to my senses, my eyes had already been gouged! It’s so painful I want to die! I heard Averie say that this is what I deserve. I heard it clearly! Elyette, I won’t lie to you! I already have nothing right now! I can’t lie to you!”
“Her voice?” Elyette was stunned. “Are you sure you didn’t mishear?”
“Impossible! I’m not mistaken, because I hate her too much!” Zoe gripped Elyette’s hands tightly as if she was holding onto a lifeboat. “Elyette, I won’t dare to lie to you! If I were to lie to you, you would be able to find out immediately! I beg you. I beg of you. We once had a relationship together, please have pity on me…”
Elyette looked at Zoe’s quivering lips and pale face. His heart was extremely heavy.
His instincts told him that Zoe was not lying, yet another voice in his mind kept reminding him that Averie would not do such a thing!
“Zoe, I’ll look into it, “Elyette promised, “But before we get to the bottom of it, rest more and get well soon.”
Zoe shook her head. “No…I won’t live anymore. I’ll wait for my father to come, and I’ll return with him to Bridgedale. I will get my friend to help euthanize me. I can’t accept that I have turned into a blind person. Hehehe…” Zoe laughed amidst crying.
“No matter what you find out, it means nothing to me, because I truly heard Averie’s voice! She’s the murderer! There could not be any other outcomes!” Zoe choked up and said, “I’ll wait for her incd hell!”
Coming out of the hospital, it was already dark. It was drizzling too.
The bodyguard stood next to Elyette with ange umbrella.
After getting in the car, the bodyguard asked, “Mr. Foster, where to?”
Elyette’s jaw tightened. His voice was cold. “Starry River Villa.”
Zoe only hoped for death at that moment. She did not even want the child in her anymore. He had to look for Averie to ask if she was the one that did it.
It was best if it was not her. If it was her, why did she have to be so cruel?
At the Starry River Villa, Averie was lying in bed, flipping through a medical book.
The children were not home. Mike would only be back later that night. The entire house was strangely quiet.
The wind outside was howling, Averie closed the book distractedly and looked out of the window.
Looking at the rain pitter-pattering on her window, she immediately got out of bed and checked if the other windows in the villa had been properly shut.
When she was downstairs, a set of headlights shone through the window, which pierced her eyes.
Was Mike back already?
Averie walked to the door and opened it. A black Rolls-Roice entered her sight.
Why was Elyette there?
Averie opened the door, at the same time pressing the button that opens the gate in front of the courtyard.
Elyette got out of the car. He did not let his bodyguard shelter him with the umbrella. He strode over to her under the rain.
Looking at his darkened expressions under the streetlights, a bad feeling rose in her heart.
She did not know what had happened, she could not guess it either. Just when her mind was in a mess, Elyette was already in front of her.
“Why did you not use an umbrella?” Averie looked at his wet face and clothes. She asked worryingly, “What happened?”
“Zoe was the one that looked for you yesterday morning, right?” Elyette stood by the door. He did not change his shoes nor enter the house. His sharp gaze focused on Averie’s face.
Averie hated this look of his. “I’ve already said it’s a small matter…”
“Her eyes have been gouged. She said that you did it.” Elyette interrupted her. He said anxiously, “Averie, tell me. Did you do it?”
Averie involuntarily took two steps backward.
Her eyes were instantly in a daze. She could not believe that such a thing could happen! She, even more, could not believe that this could be blamed on her! Just because she had a conflict with Zoe the day before, so she was the one that did it? How absurd!
“Averie!” Elyette looked at her retreating. His heart constricted tightly. “Answer my question!”
“Elyette, I hate you! I hate you again!” Averie yelled out louder than him, “Every time when I start feeling better about you, you will show me how despicable you are!”
Elyette looked at Averie flaring up. He stood in the same spot, dazed.
The raindrops kept hitting on his back. The coldness pierced into him.
However, his gaze at her was hot and burning. The mixture of ice and fire caused him to lose it. He strode toward her.
“You didn’t do it, right?” Elyette walked toward her and grabbed her thin shoulders tightly. Her voice was hoarse, “You are not this type of person. Averie, I know that you’re not this type of person! I’m asking you because I want to hear from you that it wasn’t you who dided it!”
“I didn’t do it!” Averie’s eyes were reddened. She said aggrievedly, “You shouldn’t have asked me this type of question!”
Things like gouging other people’s eyes, even just by saying it gives her the chills! She would never do such age thing!
“But she said that she heard your voice,” Elyette tried to explain, “She said that when they were gouging her eyes out, you were talking to her by the side.”
Averie sneered in her heart at such absurd lies, yet she heard his suspicion toward her in his tone.
Averie pushed his hands away. “Just because she is the victim, so you’ll believe whatever she says! I have never done such things! Even if she said I did, I didn’t do it!”
“Averie, I didn’t say that you did it…” Elyette swallowed his saliva. He tried to calm her down.
“Although you didn’t say it, your eyes and your tone are suspecting me of it!” Averie’s heart hurt. “You’re standing on her side, investigating me. I’ll only accept the police’s investigation!
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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