Chapter 227 A Trap


    "Thus, do you mean that someone intentionally instructed you to hoard these drugs and feed it to


    Richard Jenkins, and then frame it to Susan Shelby?" the judge asked.


    "Yes. The drug is very unique, and I''m sure those people on the name list will remember if we


    manage t o find them and check with them. They can prove my words," Jade said without


    hesitation.


    The judge immediately sent someone to do a verification.


    The officer left the court to conduct a verification.


    "Here''s the critical question. Who is the one who instructed you?"


    The court was inplete silence as the judge asked that question.


    Although the verification process was pending, Jade clearly confessed the process she used to


    drug Richard as well as the flow of the drug purchases. Hence, it was unlikely for her to lie!


    Indeed, Richard was murdered, but who was the murderer?


    "How can it be? Was Richard murdered?" Madam Jenkins looked at Jade furiously, "Tell me! Who


    was the one who instructed you! Why did you drug my


    husband, why?!"


    Madam Jenkins looked miserable and she copsed.


    Tears rolled down her cheeks as she shouted. 2


    Luke quickly supported Madam Jenkins as she seemed to be in great depression and grief. Fury


    filled his eyes. "Calm down, Mom, I’ll get her to pay the price regardless of who is the one whoThis content is ? N?velDrama.Org.


    murdered my father."


    Madam Jenkins''s body trembled very slightly, but Luke did not notice it.


    Madam Jenkins fully showed her acting skills this time while Charlotte seemed to be anxious.


    Charlotte would definitely be pointing her finger at her mother and she would certainly deny the


    usation. However, would that be the end?


    After all, Charlotte was just a young girl in her twenties. She was not as experienced as Madam


    Jenkins, hence, her recovery power was not as good a s well.


    Madam Jenkins was shocked for just a very short time when she was used, but she managed to


    calm down very soon. However, Charlotte was stiff and she looked like a wooden block from the


    beginning.


    Jade bit her teeth and pointed her finger in a specific direction as she stretched her hand.


    "The one who murdered Richard Jenkins is..."


    Madam Jenkins'' eyes were filled with fear for a moment.


    She had to be calm.


    She could definitely make it as long as she continued t o deny it!


    "Is... Charlotte Jenkins.” Jade suddenly switched the direction of her finger and pointed at Charlotte.


    Madam Jenkins was stunned.


    Luke was stunned.


    Charlotte was stunned out of shock.


    She was already anxious and guilty from the beginning. Hence, she took a step back and shouted


    as Jade pointed at her, "It''s not me! No, that''s bullshit!"


    "I''m not lying!" Jade continued speaking without waiting, "Richard Jenkins had a mistress when he


    was still alive and he intended to make her child the sessor of the family''s assets. Hence,


    Charlotte hates that child. On the other hand, everyone knows that Charlotte had a crush on Julian


    and she hates Susan, so that’s the reason why she set Susan up!"


    Madam Jenkins was shocked as she did not expect Jade to switch her focus.


    Charlotte could not help but take a step back again and slump on the chair behind her. Anxious and


    panicked, she shouted, "Nonsense! Not me! I didn''t ask you to do that!"


    Helplessly, she looked at Madam Jenkins, "Mom, it''s not me, not me!"


    Without waiting for Madam Jenkins to speak, Susan grabbed the opportunity to say, "Who else if it’s


    not you, Charlotte? You''re the oldest daughter of the family who can give any order to Jade. You


    killed your dad because you want the assets, and you set me up because you hate me! These are


    your motives and strategies - what else if you’re not the murderer?"


    "No, it’s not me..." Charlotte screamed.


    "Oh, really?" Susan smirked coldly and interrupted Charlotte, "Think about your father''s suffering


    expression when he was about to die. He will never let you go cause you''re the one who killed him!”


    Right after Susan finished talking, a ’pop'' sound was heard, followed by the lights that dimmed


    across the court.


    The court was in aplete ckout.


    "What’s going on?"


    The audience was frightened.


    "You''re a b*tch, Charlotte! Now I know you''re the one who killed me, do you know that I''m


    suffering?” It was Richard''s voice that was heard amongst the audience. 3


    "Dad?" Charlotte screamed and squeezed under the chair, "Go away, go away! It''s not me, it''s not


    me!"


    Madam Jenkins was shocked for a second too as she heard Richard''s voice. However, she


    managed to recover very quickly.


    She told herself that it was fake, it was definitely fake!


    That was a trap!


    Madam Jenkins quickly grabbed Charlotte''s hand. " Calm down, Charlotte! Your dad has passed


    away.


    This is fake, someone must have nned it."


    However, Charlotte was not as strong as Madam Jenkins — she copsed. Desperately, Charlotte


    said a s she grabbed Madam Jenkins, "Mom, I’m innocent. I didn’t kill dad. You know that I didn''t


    drug him, right?"


    "Calm down, Charlotte." Madam Jenkins tried to stop Charlotte from continuing to talk as she


    sensed that something was not right.


    "Why did you do this to me, Charlotte, why? Did I mistreat you? Don''t you remember that when you


    were still a kid, I was always by your side when you fell ill? I searched the entire country to get


    everything you wanted, but why, Charlotte, why did you kill me?" Richard’s voice was like a


    sorrowful spirit lingering in the air. 1


    Charlotte was even more miserable. She got up from the ground and both hands were in the air.


    She felt sorry for Richard and her guilt was buried deep in her heart as she had been brainwashed


    by Madam Jenkins.


    Helplessly, she burst into tears as she heard those words from ''Richard.'' "Dad, just leave, it''s not


    me, Dad. Mom is the one who killed you, it''s Mom. I''m just keeping the secret for her but I didn''t


    drug you! I


    didn''t!”


    Charlotte cried as she gasped.


    Suddenly, the lights worked again.


    The court was brightened again.


    However, it waspletely silent.


    "Dad, dad..." Trembling, Charlotte was still mumbling under the chair as she had not recovered from


    the shock.


    Meanwhile, Madam Jenkins''s face was pale. She slumped and sat on the chair after taking a


    glimpse at the audience.


    That was it. Everything was over.


    Why did Charlotte have to be so naive!


    She just confessed everything even when such a small trick had been yed.


    Without the corpse, what Jade confessed was not sufficient enough to be strong evidence to prove


    her guilt and she could just deny it. However, since Charlotte said that...


    "Oh, I see. Thus, you''re actually the one who killed Richard Jenkins. Isn’t that right, Madam


    Jenkins?" Susan glimpsed at Madam Jenkins with a cold gaze.


    Julian was the one who designed the drama. Hence, Susan was rtively at ease from the


    beginning.