Under the Heiress' Facade

Over at the Gaskell residence, Jake rushed into the living room.

"Mr. Gaskell, Mrs. Gaskell, this is horrible!" he exclaimed, still panting.

"What is it? Calm down!" Queenie hissed, angry at him for being so panicky.

"Ms. Gaskell has been arrested by the police," said Jake.

"Our men at the police station said that she confessed to everything and is waiting for the court to deliver the death sentence."

Terence's face fell upon hearing the news, whereas the annoyance on Queenie's face faded away.

"Got it," she said.

"You may leave."

"Aren't we going to bail her out?" Jake asked weakly.

"Shut up! Don't tell us what to do!" Queenie roared.

"Also, don't tell Zyler about this."

Nothing needed to be said further. They wouldn't be bailing Amelia out.

"Okay," Jake mumbled as he bent over in a bow and left.

He'd been a butler at the Gaskell residence for over 20 years and had looked after Amelia as she grew up.

He knew that Queenie had always favored Zyler over Amelia. Nevertheless, Amelia was still Queenie's daughter.

Even animals wouldn't kill their young so simply. As someone who had watched Amelia grow up, Jake, even as a butler, felt some attachment to her.

He wondered how could Queenie, Amelia's biological mother, be so ruthless and cold-hearted.

"Do we really have to sacrifice Amelia?" Terence asked miserably as he lit the cigar in his mouth.

"Is there really no other way out of this?"

He knew about Queenie's plan.

"What's wrong? Can't let her go, can you?" Queenie asked, glancing sideways at him.

In a firm and forceful tone, she said, "I'm doing this for our family! If we don't sacrifice something, we won't be able to achieve our goal!"

She added, "Amelia is sacrificing herself for the sake of our family. We should just be grateful and remember her sacrifices in the future." Terence wanted to tell Queenie that it wasn't right, but the words were stuck in his throat. He didn't dare say them aloud.

In the eyes of the public, he was the honorable and respectable Mr. Gaskell In truth, Queenie had always had a hold on him like an iron fist. He always had to listen to her and do whatever she wanted him to.

Moreover, there was no denying that things at the company improved greatly after Queenie was released from detainment and started working.

"It's pretty much what I expected. Tell the media they can publish the drafts prepared beforehand," Queenie told him.

"Our next step is to take advantage of the Everett family's situation during the annual meeting to rise from the ashes!"

Queenie was full of confidence when she said that. She regretted not wiping out the Everett family back then, as it gave Hera the chance to create trouble for Queenie.

That was why, this time, Queenie would make the entire Everett family pay for what Hera had done.

That night, news regarding the involvement of the Gaskell family's daughter in a murder made the headlines on all the major news broadcasting channels.

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The news about Isabella and her mother's disappearance resurfaced. Even the lesser-known channels in Southburrow reported the news and concluded that the perpetrator was none other than Amelia.

At the same time, many social media accounts appeared to help Queenie rid herself of the

accusations of being the suspect Some even commented that she was too kind of a mother to have pampered her children, which led to Amelia committing the sin.

Some posts explained that Queenie became a suspect only because she wanted to give Amelia a chance to redeem herself.

In the Everett family's car, Hera sat in the backseat. She was on her phone, scrolling through the news regarding Amelia.

Just then, she received a call from Stephen from the police department.

"Ms. Youngworth, Nate's landed himself into some trouble," Stephen informed her.

"The cases he was in charge of were all transferred and assigned to a colleague. The colleague arrested Amelia, and she confessed to abducting you and also the murder of Isabella and her mother. The case is now closed, and Amelia's waiting for the court to sentence her." NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

"I saw it on the news," said Hera calmly.

"What happened to Nate?"

"He got injured during a drug bust. The drug dealers even injected him with some drugs," Stephen explained, his tone weary and upset.

"He's not doing well and is receiving treatment in isolation."

Hera narrowed her eyes. A shadow fell over her face, making it hard to discern her expression.