Chapter 22 Forced Confession


    The door was closed again. Maria failed to make out what had happened. Until Kelvin was out of sight,


    she approached Laura and asked, "Laura, what did he mean by that?"


    Laura gripped the quilt corner tightly and said indignantly, "What good has been done for that bitch!"


    Thought she could have taken advantage of this event to give Ba a rough time. But it never


    urred to her that there should be surveince cameras in thevatory. If the surveince video


    ended in the hands of the police, she would be convicted of libel. Or even worse, the Davis would not


    easily show her mercy.


    "So what should we do now? Just let her off the hook like that?" she said bitterly.


    "Don''t you see? It''s a blessing in disguise. Master Lewis came to see me in person and offered me the


    opportunity to join the Heyday. So long as I be a part of the Lewis, to ruin a bitch like her is easy."


    ***


    Inside the police station.


    "Is there anybody? Please let me out!" Ba yelled loudly to the outside. She clung to the wire mash


    of a small room, in which she was locked.


    "You lock me up without even trying to get a trial. Are you attempting to coerce me to confess?" Having


    yelled for a long time, Ba lost all her strength and sat right on the floor.


    Before she was brought in here, she thought about what she should say in her statement. But


    strangely, they never asked any question throughout the whole process.


    ‘What do they want? Do they collude with Laura in attempts to directly convict her? How could this be


    impossible in a society with rule ofw?’


    The thought of Laura made her fairly angry.


    She had experienced this kind of framing tricks countless times in the past ten years. But she never


    learned the lesson. Time and again she allowed Laura to meet her vicious purposes. Every time the


    reproachful look of John and Albert came to her mind she only wished she could rush out and tear the


    mask off Laura’s face right in front of them.


    Albert used her of being malicious. But he never knew the truth!


    She was eight when her mother died. And Laura, a seven-year-old kid at that time, should be so cruelly


    Afterwards, she lied that she had never been in that room that day.


    The recollection of the past shed across her mind. Since John Garcia brought Laura home 17 years


    ago, Ba’s nightmare began Ba’s mother kept being in low spirits after knowing John’s infidelity to


    their marriage. The ensued depression induced her suicide. No more than six months after her mom’s


    death her father married Maria. Since then, Ba had a stepmother.


    So suspicious! Though not very decent and loyal in rtionship, her father set great store by material


    interests. The exposure of the existence of Maria and their daughter Laura failed to make him decide to


    divorce. He simply brought Laura home. Because he knew only too well that his business still needed


    the support from Ba’s mother.


    Moreover, allowing Laura to be a part of this family was a sign that Ba’s mother, Joe Bush, had


    epted Laura. How could a person like her be afflicted with depression and further kill herself?


    Ba began to suspect the truth of her mother’s death. Maria and Laura might have something to do


    with it.


    This possibility made Ba grit her teeth with even more resentment. However, she was locked here


    right now while these two evil women spread rumors about her.


    She must leave this ce and find out the truth of her mother’s death and then revenge.


    The sound of footsteps from the outside seemed to be a ray of hope for Ba. She rose to her feet,


    only to find Bruce Davis standing in front of her.


    “Uncle Bruce?” Ba took a step backwards. She knew that Bruce’ing was never for visiting her.


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    “Oh! Stop trying to get close to me. I am not the uncle of a murderer.” he grinned ghastly.


    “A murderer?” Ba could not figure out why he called her that. Suddenly it dawned on her that Laura


    had framed her again after she was put in prison.


    “You killed my grandson. You are a murderer!” Bruce, with his hands behind his back, gave a man


    behind him a sideways nce. Then the man opened the door.


    “What do you want to do?” Ba began to feel anxious about their movements. Another two people


    came in and ced a document in front of her.


    The dim light in the room helped Ba see the words in the document. It was already aplete


    statement, only with the record entirely contrary to the fact.


    “Sign this. A person with guilt deserves punishment.” Bruce said arrogantly.


    “You want me to confess?” Ba turned round to look at him. “I’ve never made this statement. You


    can’t distort fact like this!”


    Bruce snorted, “I don’t care about the fact. I just want you to realize the consequences of opposing the


    Davis. Though I don’t deny the fact that my son betrayed you, I will not allow you to disgrace the Davis


    at will. So something must be done to you. There’s no room for others to question my power.”


    “So it’s not because of Laura.” Baughed, self-mocking.


    “Well, you’ve overestimated the importance of the Garcia. My son neverck good women who can


    give birth to grandsons for me.” Bruce said tantly.


    Baughed again, turning pale. Sure enough, a life counts for nothingpared with their decency


    in the public.


    Bruce sized her up viciously, “Ba Garcia, I had thought highly of you for a little while when you


    showed the Nova passing card. But you’re nothing more than a stupid woman. What a pity for you! You


    should have made a wiser choice while with such a firm backer. You are too young and too naive!”


    Even if she really got the support of Kelly rk now, he was not likely toe to her rescue as the


    whole thing had been messed up and spread out.


    Bruce gave the men beside Ba a hint with the eyes. They came to grab her hand and pressed it


    onto the red ink pad.


    “Let go of me! I’m not going to sign!” Ba struggled with all her strength.


    Her resistance couldn’t stand a chance before these men who were much stronger than her. Soon her


    finger was dyed red and held forcibly onto the document.


    “No!!!” she screamed.


    “Mr. Davis!”


    A man in suit walked in and turned pale when he caught sight of the scene in the room. He then


    whispered to Bruce.


    “What?” Bruce suddenly changed his countenance, looking suspiciously at Ba. Ba had no idea


    what the suited man talked to him.


    “Did he really say so?” Bruce reconfirmed it with the man.


    The man nodded.


    Then the two men who were grabbing Ba released her. Bruce motioned them to pick up the


    document on the floor and walked out.


    “Ba Garcia,” Bruce gave her a cold nce, “you are lucky this time. But mark my words, next time


    you fall into my hands, luck will desert you.”