Chapter 136
Vivienne paused for a moment, diligently racking her brain for any loopholes in the intricate scheme
bumping into Felix as she passed.
Just as she was about to look up, she felt a strong pull dragging her away from Felix.
"Watch out." Percival said while holding her hand.
Felix''s gaze briefly lingered on their intertwined hands before he nodded in apology and continued on
his path.
"Percival, do you have yourptop in your car?" Vivienne asked abruptly.
"No, it''s at home." Percival replied, shaking his head.
"Then take me home now." Without further exnation, Vivienne started towards the elevator.
"What happened?" Percival trailed after her with eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
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Ignoring his question, Vivienne rode in silence back to Bay Estates. As soon as they entered the
house, she picked up theptop from the couch and started reviewing the surveince footage from the
motel.
After discovering that a young woman had visited the room a day before Arabe had checked in,
Vivienne delved deeper into the young woman''s background. She discovered that the woman had
previously installed a hidden camera in the room to catch her husband cheating. With this information
in mind, Vivienne quickly dialed Matthew.
"Pass the word along. Have the police release a statement about discovering a hidden camera in the
room at the motel where the incident urred."
Being the efficient man he was, Matthew had the news circted within half an hour. The inte was
aze with discussions about the hidden camera found in the room where the assault had taken ce.
The following afternoon, Vivienne received a call at school.
It was the young woman from the surveince footage of the motel.
"Ms. Hawthorn, my name is Linda. I have the footage from that day in the room." Linda got straight to
the point. "This video can definitely prove your father''s innocence. I''m asking for 5 million dors for it."
"How did you get this video?" Vivienne asked, matching Linda''s directness.
"Ah, that." Linda chuckled. "I had previously installed a hidden camera in that room to catch my
husband cheating. I forgot to remove it, and it turns out it captured your father''s incident."
After a brief pause, Linda continued, "If you don''t want the video, I''m considering selling it to someone
else. I think your adopted sister would be willing to pay."
"She doesn''t have money." Vivienne retorted with a coldugh.
"Of course, I know you have money. After all, you do have a taste for expensive perfumes." Linda
chuckled heartily. "So I came directly to you."
"Give me your address. I''lle to see you tomorrow for a face-to-face transaction." Vivienne decided.
Linda promptly provided her address.
After hanging up the call, Vivienne cast a cautious nce at the corner of the staircase from where
Felix was descending with a stack of books.
However, the next day, Vivienne did not show up at Linda''s ce. Instead, she was leisurely sipping
coffee at a café across the street from Linda''s with herptop in front of her, disying a live feed of
Linda''s apartment.
The man sitting across from her, Percival, nced out the café''s window and informed Vivienne. "She''s
here."
Vivienne followed his gaze and caught sight of Arabe, dressed casually in a tracksuit and a baseball
cap, entering the building where Linda lived.
Five minutester, Arabe appeared on Vivienne''sptop screen in the surveince feed.
"What are you doing here?" Linda''s face paled as she saw Arabe. "Get out!"
Ignoring Linda''s protest, Arabe cut to the chase. "I heard you have a video that you want to sell to my
sister, Vivienne. I can pay the same price."
"The same price?" Linda scoffed. "If I sell it to you, I want double. 10 million dors or no deal!"
Taken aback, Arabe snapped. "Are you trying to rip me off?"
"Ha! If I sell the video to Vivienne, I''m helping to clear her father''s name. That''s a good deed." Linda
replied coldly, with disdain in her eyes. "But selling it to you? That''s aiding and abetting. You want me to
"Do you really have the footage?" Arabe''s face paled.
"Yep, your dad was knocked out as soon as he entered your room." Linda replied nonchntly.
"So you really did capture everything?" Arabe''sugh was tinged with a hint of unease. "Are you sure
you won''t sell the video to me?"
"Nope. Your sister has more money. She would probably even pay me 20 million if I asked." Linda
looked at Arabe with tant disregard.
"In that case..." Arabe''s eyes darkened. She lunged at Linda and began choking her. "You might as
well die."
By the time Vivienne arrived at the scene, Arabe was on top of Linda, choking her and demanding to
know the location of the video.
Linda screamed loudly for help.
Vivienne stepped forward and kicked Arabe off Linda.
Arabe sat on the floor, stunned for a moment. Her phone buzzed with a flurry of notifications.
Everything that had just urred in the room had been uploaded to the inte by Vivienne.
The footage not only proved that Arabe had framed Dorian but also cleared Dorian of all charges.
The twist in the tale left the inte in a state of shock.
Netizens were baffled. Had Arabe lost her mind? Why was she going to such lengths just to frame
her adoptive father?
Arabe gazed at the relentless questioning on Twitter as her mind went nk. Suddenly, she snapped
back to reality and scoffed at Vivienne. "You''re ying me, aren''t you? There''s no video, is there?"
No one responded to her. Vivienne and Linda simply watched her in silence.
The police officer Vivienne had called walked in at that moment, handcuffed Arabe, and led her
away.
Arabe was right. It was all a ruse. There was no video.
It was all a con to trap Arabe.
Who would have thought she''d fall for it so easily?
When Vivienne received a call from Matthew, informing her that Dorian had been released, she and
Percival were quietly tucked away at school.
Matthew was incredulous on the phone. "Madam, you''re incredible. How did you know it would be
Arabe, that dope, who would go after the woman instead of GTO directly taking care of it?"
"Because GTO was afraid that even if they took out Linda, they wouldn''t find the video, and maybe that
fabricated video would end up in my hands." Vivienne replied with a slight chuckle. "So they let
Arabe take the first step."
Thankfully, Arabe was as dim-witted as she had expected.
Vivienne had simply set a trap. She deliberately misled the police and spread false news of a pinhole
camera found in the room.
Then, she had manipted Linda, coaxing her to spread the rumor that she held a video that could
prove Dorian''s innocence, and lured her into making contact.