Neil narrowed his eyes.
“Don’t forget, once she’s in Europe, she’s in our godfather, Malcolm Quinn’s stronghold! “
The little girl raised her head immediately. “That’s right.”
That evening.
In the Banyan City prison.
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Bethan sat on the bed in a daze, staring with empty eyes at the tiny window.
Early that morning, she was brought to the interrogation room. They had been interrogating her the whole day.
They threatened her, intimidated her, and insulted her.
That day, she experienced verbal assault that she had never experienced before. They seemed to find it bothersome to attack her physically, so instead, they launched verbal attacks against her to break her mentally.
It was just a single day, but to Bethan, she felt as if the day lasted for a whole century.
She did not know when she would be able to leave, she did not know how long she could withstand this.
Maybe, one day, she would succumb to the pressure. Either she would die.
Or confess.
In the bed opposite her, Cynthal was tidying her clothes and humming at the same time.
She raised her head, glanced at the despondent Bethan, and laughed, “You’ve been staring at the window for so long, did you see anything noteworthy?”
Bethan frowned and pulled her thoughts back. “I’m leaving soon, I’m packing my stuff.”
Cynthal laughed cheerfully and glanced at Bethan, “You didn’t expect this, did you?”
Bethan narrowed her eyes. “You can leave?”
“Of course I can.”
Cynthal chuckled, continuing her sleek motions in packing her clothes, “You didn’t expect this, did you? You were the one who sent me in here, now I’m leaving but you’re the one staying behind! “
She smiled, satisfied with herself. “Still confused?
Where do you think she got all the information about you?”
Cynthal yawned. “Alice Peterson came to me, before you and our parents. The moment she arrived in Banyan City and heard I was in prison; she came here to visit me. We struck a deal, I would tell her about you and the children.”
“In exchange, she promised to release me.”
In an instant, Bethan’s face turned pale as a ghost.
She had been working so hard and finally, Cynthal was in prison.
But alas, once that Alice appeared, everything she did was in vain.
“I told you, you’re too stupid.”
Cynthal whistled, “You purposely erased all physical traces of Bethan, you didn’t want to admit you’re Bethan Peterson. If you don’t want to be Bethan Peterson, tons of people are willing to take your place. Now, Alice Peterson has become Bethan Peterson but you have no way of proving your identity. Say, how pitiful are you? You spent so much time and effort to get me in here, and for what? All she needs is a few whispers in his ears, and I’m out of here.”
With that, she yawned. “Say, when she gave him her suggestions, do you think they just slept together?”
Bethan’s heart squeezed in her chest. It hurt.
But she still forced a calm smile onto her face. “What does it matter if they’re together? Do you think he hasn’t been with many women?”
Cynthal paused; she was just going to say Brettley had only had Bethan Peterson alone…
Then she changed her mind. What should she tell her?
So she shrugged. “You’re right. I had him too. What a pity.”
Bethan felt disgusted.
She changed her position, showing Cynthal nothing except a cold view of her back.
At that moment, the door was unlocked.
The female warden walked in frowning. “You can leave now.”
Cynthal was delighted. “I can go now, right?”
The warden glanced at Bethan sitting in the distance. “
Both of you can go now.”
“It seems like the two little kids are quite smart after all.”
Changing out of their prisoner’s jumpsuit, Cynthal and Bethan walked out of the changing room.
In the corridor, Cynthal said coldly, “Who would’ve thought you could walk out of here with me?”
What a waste, she had asked Alice to bribe all the guards and prisoners in the jail, to teach Bethan a lesson.
Bethan looked forward expressionlessly. She did not want to acknowledge Cynthal.
This woman named Alice Peterson appeared out of the blue, spoiling her entire plan.
She even used Bethan Peterson’s identity to destroy all of her previous efforts! By releasing Cynthal.
In the future, it would be easier to make pigs fly than make Cynthal pay the price for her crimes again.
With this thought, waves of despair surged in Bethan’s chest.
The night was dark.
Two cars were parked outside the police station.
One of them was Joseph and Natasha’s car. The other belonged to Anne and her boyfriend John.
Bethan and Cynthal stepped out of the police station, one behind the other.
“Dad! Mom! “
As if on purpose, the moment she walked out of the door, Cynthal raced toward Joseph and Natasha.
“I missed the two of you so much! “
Natasha and Joseph hugged Cynthal tightly, one on each side. “Our darling daughter…”
The family of three hugged each other and started crying.
Bethan looked on expressionlessly as they indulged in their familial love for each other.
Actually, she belonged to the Peterson family too.
But at that moment, she looked at the three of them standing in the distance and felt the memories of the time they spent as a family of four drifting further and further away.
Maybe she should have known a long time ago.
She should not have foolishly hoped for something like familial love.
When she was watching them in a daze, Cynthal turned and smiled eerily at her. “Ms. Bethan, you and I have a long way more to go.”
Natasha frowned, glanced at Bethan in disgust, then turned and patted Cynthal’s back. “Why are you talking to someone like her who has no conscience?”
Standing in the cold wind, Bethan stared as the three members of the Peterson family climbed into their car and drove away.
Since they were children, their parents’ love was focused solely on Cynthal. She did not get a single bit of it.
“Bethan! “
When she was stuck in her daze, Anne had already rushed toward her.
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