Chapter 538
Eliza squinted her eyes and then burst into tears, spilling the beans about everything Vivienne had
done in the Boyd Mansion.
From the first day she arrived, insisting the whole family disinfect and kneel to wee her, to the
gruesome act of cutting off Wendy''s hand, Eliza left no stone unturned in her vivid recount.
The crowd was in disbelief. How could Vivienne, just a young girl, be so extreme?
Eliza then produced a video as evidence. "This is from our home security system. Every single thing
she did is captured here. I''m not lying!"
The video yed out before their eyes, and gasps of shock were heard, especially during the chilling
moment Vivienne severed Wendy''s hand.
Vivienne did not deny her actions and calmly admitted, "Yes, I did those things."
"Vivienne, if you hadn’t done all this, how could my mother have passed away so suddenly? It''s all
because of you. You better give me the Boyd family si ring back now. It belongs to our family, and
you don''t deserve to wear it!"
Eliza''s usations, backed by the video, filled everyone with righteous indignation towards Vivienne.
Watching Eliza''s tear-stained face, Vivienne just smiled. "Why don’t we watch the rest of the video?"
Eliza was puzzled. The footage of the hand-cutting had already yed.
What more could there be?
The crowd turned their attention back to the screen only to see Vivienne reattach Wendy''s hand,
followed by the Boyd family members beating her on the ground. Then, the video showed Eliza
smothering her mother to death with a pillow!
Eliza stumbled backward in shock.
Impossible. She had deleted that part of the video and even destroyed the hard drive.
How could it still exist?
The room fell silent.
"Eliza killed her!"
"My God, her own mother..."
"This is horrifying. Someone, call the police!"
As if on cue, a police car pulled up outside the funeral home, and out stepped Cecilia and Nathan.
Vivienne approached, removed the Boyd family si ring from her finger, and handed it to Cecilia.
Eliza''s wish had finallye true.
She saw Vivienne relinquish the Boyd family ring and caught sight of Nathan, whom she had not seen
in over twenty years.
But the ring went to Cecilia, and Nathan was there with the police to arrest her.
"Officer, she is Eliza Boyd, the main culprit behind the murder of my beloved mother. Please, take her
away," Nathan said, sheltering Cecilia in his arms without sparing a nce at Eliza.
Eliza was deaf to the murmurs around her; her eyes were fixed on Nathan.
She wanted to approach him, to ask why he did not love her.
But it was toote.
The police pinned Eliza to the ground, handcuffed her, and escorted her into the police car.
Suddenly, Eliza coughed up blood and, with a jolt, burst into manicughter.
"I was supposed to marry Nathan! Let me go! I’m Mrs. Ellington! That Cecilia is nothing, I''ve killed her, I
killed her..."
Percival shielded Vivienne''s eyes and whispered, "Vivienne, did you do this?"
Vivienne shook her head. "No, it was her own undoing. She couldn’t handle the shock and went mad."
Eliza''s ns had backfired spectacrly. She thought she could secure the ring and get closer to
Nathan by orchestrating this funeral, but she had been deluding herself.
Whether twenty years ago or today, Nathan’s eyes had only ever held Cecilia.
Cecilia nestled into Nathan''s embrace, her eyes moist with emotion. She had thought her
estrangement from her family would be her final chapter, yet here she was amid an unbelievable turn of
events.
Nathan stroked Cecilia''s hair. "It''s okay now, Cecilia."
Cecilia nced at her mother''s portrait, and Eliza''s deranged screams seemed to fade away.
With that, Cecilia''s ties to the Boyd family had truly vanished into thin air.
Wendy''s funeral had sent shock-waves through Sea City; it was a story that demanded discussion due
to the sheer weight of its revtions.
Vivienne brought Cecilia and Nathan to her vi, not expecting that Maddox would already be waiting
for them.
"Cecilia, Nathan, allow me to introduce myself. I''m Vivienne''s uncle, Maddox Perez. You can just call
me Maddox," he said with a familiarity that took Cecilia and Nathan aback.
Nathan shook Maddox''s hand warmly. "Mr. Perez, I''ve heard much about you."
Maddox pped Nathan''s shoulder chummily. "We''re all family here, no need for formalities. Come on,
Cecilia, take a seat. I''ve been briefed about the family situation. Don''t worry. I''ll handle the aftermath in
Sea City. No one messes with the Perez family on my watch. You two just enjoy your stay."
Faced with Maddox''s boisterousness, Nathan was unsure how to respond.
Cecilia, too, was unsure how to interact with Maddox, leading to an awkward silence.
Vivienne stepped in to smooth things over. "Uncle, why don''t you let them rest?"
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"Right, right, you two go on and get some rest. We can n some fun activities for tomorrow," Maddox
said, waving them off with a carefree gesture.
Nathan, nodding, led Cecilia back to their room.
Were the Perez family not supposed to beposed?
Maddox was quite the character, unsettling yet oddly endearing.
Vivienne shook her head with a resigned chuckle. "Uncle, you''ve scared Mom and Dad half to death."
"Nonsense! With these good looks? Impossible to scare the inws. Rest easy!"
Percival rubbed his forehead in mild exasperation. He really wished Leopold would tone it down a
notch in the future.
"Alright, down to brass tacks," Maddox said, stretching out in his chair, legs crossed. "Vivienne, did you
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She pulled out the document. "Uncle, could you please..."
"Hey, we''re family here. No need for formalities." Maddox snapped his fingers, cutting her off.
Then, he chuckled, asking, "The Boyd family’s si ring—where is it?"
"Right here," Percival said, drawing the ring from his pocket. With the day''s chaos, Cecilia had
entrusted it to him for safekeeping.
Maddox ced the ring over a particr symbol on the document. "Just watch."
No wonder Eliza had been so desperate for the si ring—it was the key to tranting the document!