Chapter 873: Chapter 872
"What in the world are you talking about?!" Both Kenneth and Louisa were frozen in shock, unable to believe that Serena could turn so malicious.
"She mistook me for Rose, calling me a homewrecker, saying that if it weren’t for me, she and Romeo would’ve been married by now, maybe even with kids of their own. She accused me of ruining their
happiness."
Kenneth and Louisa were left speechless and flabbergasted by Serena’s distorted values!
What kind of dirty words were these, coming from the young lady of the Collins family, who everyone thought was the epitome of grace and wisdom.
And she held such a deep grudge against Rose.
After all, she had previously pretended to be the world’s greatest sister in front of them.
She was just hypocritical, too frightening!!
"Later, I had someone look into where this drug was being sold and who was buying it. It took a while,but we found a lead. This is the evidence of her and Martha scheming together, drugging Rose," Eunice said, pressing a button on the remote. A page of evidence appeared on the screen.
"Do you know what this drug does? It causes continuous flatulence, stomach discomfort, constipation at first, then severe diarrhea, and hallucinations. The effects last for about twelve hours."
In other words, Serena had used such a nasty, terrifying drug against Rose.
"How could she do something like this!!!" Louisa slammed her hand on the armrest of the sofa, her regrets about keeping such an ingrate in their home multiplying, "All these years of kindness wasted on her!"
She should have never been allowed to stay!!
Even considering the years of care they had given her, Serena should not have treated Rose this way, always butting heads with Rose, and now daring to drug her in secret.
If Rose hadn’t been knowledgeable about drugs, if she hadn’t noticed and had drunk that lemon water,she would have been the one to suffer.
"This is outrageous!! She has gone too far!!" Kenneth slammed his hand on the coffee table, his heart aching with rage, "Of all the mistakes she could have made, she should not have done something this
foolish!!"
So, this was the underlying reason why Eunice turned a blind eye to Rose giving Serena a piece of her mind.
Serena was bad news, and it was about time she was put in her place.
"But Serena didn’t even realize her mistake, and when no one was looking, she sneaked off to see Romeo. I caught her red-handed, pretending to apologize for her crazed behavior, when in reality, she still harbored inappropriate feelings for him. When Romeo tried to ignore her, she sarcastically asked if it was her sister who told him to stay away from her, insinuating that Romeo wasn’t a cold-hearted man."
At this, Louisa felt her blood boiling with anger, clutching her chest, fearing she might not catch her next breath, that she might die right there from fury.
Kenneth’s temples were throbbing with anger as he rubbed them. Serena was truly preposterous, utterly infuriating!!
"And I found something else." Eunice pressed the remote again, and the screen displayed a heap of evidence, "Regarding the scandalous news that went viral some time ago, claiming that using Ar-Bl-Clear Group skincare could damage the skin, it seemed initially like a rival company, KT, was behind it.
But actually, the person in charge of KT works for Doom, and the boss behind is Martha."
"Martha works for Doom???" Both Kenneth and Louisa blurted out in unison, once again shocked beyond words. How could Martha be involved with Doom, let alone holding a significant position within
the organization.
"I’ve had people scouring the city and even Dawnstar for any sign of Martha, but she’s nowhere to be found."
If Eunice ever got her hands on Martha, she’d give Martha a taste of her own medicine, with a good old-fashioned slap-fest and a no-holds-barred spanking.
The chaos in this household was Martha’s handiwork, no doubt.
"There was this one time, I got a tip-off that someone had put a hit out on Rose. I managed to nab the hitman, but the guy was tight-lipped about who was behind it all. That is, until Rose showed up. Julian
well, he made the guy an offer. Spill the beans, and he’d get a shiny new identity complete with a faked death certificate."
Neither Kenneth nor Louisa could believe someone had tried to off Rose, let alone that she was cool as a cucumber, even negotiating with the hitman. Any other heiress would’ve been scared stiff.
Rose’s nerves of steel were something else.
"Rose gave him two days to think it over. However, by the end of the second day, he was dead."
Kenneth and Louisa were in disbelief. How could such a coincidence happen? Was it foul play?
"I saw Serena with him right before it all went down. At first, I thought she had something to do with it."
Before Eunice could finish, Kenneth interjected, shocked, "You mean to say Serena killed him?"
Impossible. She couldn’t have that guts.
She’s been scared of her own shadow since she was a kid, let alone murder.
"Let her finish." Louisa said, her voice quivering with shock. It was unthinkable that their sweet little girl,raised for eighteen years under their roof, could be linked to a murder.
"Rose gave the hitman two days to decide, right? On the last day, the guy must’ve had an epiphany. He told one of my guys from the basement that he wanted to see Ms. Collins. My guy thought he meant Serena and sent for her. Then it was just Serena and him. No signs of a struggle at the scene, no fatal poison ingested. His hands and feet were still bound, but he definitely died from suffocation. I suspected Serena for a while until another guy from the Doom gang we had locked up—Hugh—wanted to save his own skin and spilled the beans. Turns out, the hitman had a change of heart that night,
wanted a fresh start. When Serena showed up, he made it clear he wasn’t looking for her, but another lady. Serena pulled out her phone, probably with Rose’s photo, and he confirmed it was her."
"He asked if coming clean meant his freedom and a new identity. Serena had no clue what he was on about but played it cool, saying, ’That depends on you telling the whole truth.’"
"So he recounted the whole saga of being hired for the hit. Serena was petrified when she recognized the phone number he gave—it was one of Martha’s burners, hardly known by anyone. To protect
Martha, Serena covertly contacted her, and Martha instructed her to take out the hitman."
"But Serena had never done anything like that, especially not to a hitman. So, she followed Martha’s script, claiming she and Martha were with Doom, dropping the gang’s secret codes. She told the
hitman he was marked for death for his failure. If he didn’t die, everyone close to him would suffer."