Chapter 1368


    If she''s still in jail, how did Cynthia know all that? Something''s off. "Did you visit Melody in jail?" Sonia


    narrowed her eyes.


    Cynthia shook her head. "No. I didn''t even go out for months, so how was I supposed to visit her?


    Besides, we aren''t even friends, to begin with. She thinks she''s too good to be my friend, and I''m not


    going to talk to someone who looks down on my family. I only happened to meet her by chance when I


    was out shopping a few days ago."


    "Wait, you saw her when you were shopping?" The look on Sonia''s face changed. "She wasn''t in jail?"


    Cynthia nodded in affirmative. "Yeah, she has been released."


    "Impossible." Sonia didn''t believe it. A frown creased her forehead. "She was sentenced to years of jail


    time. How did she get out of it?"


    "But that was the truth." Cynthia looked at her timidly. "I was surprised to see her, too. The public


    doesn''t know she got mmed behind bars, but the upper society does. I even asked her how she got


    out, but she said nothing. She only asked me if Tina hade to see me. I was bewildered by her


    question at that time. I mean, Tina was dead, so how could shee to see me? Unless she became


    a ghost. That was exactly what I said to Melody, but guess what she told me? Tina''s still alive. And she


    even said part of that was thanks to her."


    Cynthia carefully studied the changes in Sonia''s expression. However, other than seeing her face was


    rather dark, Cynthia couldn''t discern what she was thinking at the moment. Quickly, she added,


    "Melody told me Tina wanted to see her when she was in the asylum. She even used Peter as an


    excuse to make Melody talk to her. I''m pretty sure you know how Melody is when ites to love. She


    might not care about anyone, but she''s head over heels for Peter. Peter doesn''t like her and wants to


    divorce her with all his heart, but he can''t do anything about it since the Stryder Family isn''t one to be


    messed with. As long as Melody doesn''t want to get a divorce, he can''t break up with her."


    Sonia nodded in acknowledgment. "I know."


    The marriage of Peter and Melody was a joke for the upper society, just like her marriage with Toby.


    She had heard a lot of rumors regarding Melody and Peter''s rtionship.


    "Peter and Melody have been living separately throughout these years. He slept around with a lot of


    women just so Melody would get a divorce, but she still won''t give up on him. She''s deeply in love with


    him, after all."


    Cynthia stole a nce at Sonia and lowered her voice to a whisper as she continued, "It was not until


    the incident that happened a few months ago that everything changed. She meddled with another


    town''s administration, and you found evidence of it. You joined forces with the Colemans and tripped


    the Stryders.


    "Most of the Stryders who were involved with politics were subjected to investigations. They might not


    have fallen yet, but they certainly were in decline. Peter seized the chance to divorce Melody. But even


    so, she still loves him very much. She wanted him to take her back, and Tina used that."


    "She promised Melody she could help her to get back with Peter and requested a meetup, didn''t she?"


    Sonia inquired.


    Cynthia nodded. "Exactly. Melody told me that Tina said she had dirt on Peter and asked Melody to


    meet up with her. Then, she promised if Melody helped her in faking her death, she would hand the


    evidence to her. Then, Melody could use that to force Peter into remarrying her."


    "I see." Sonia''s eyes twinkled, and her lips pursed.


    So, that''s what happened, huh? Back when they realized the body wasn''t Tina''s, they kept investigating


    and realized Melody helped fake Tina''s death. They had arrested Melody right then. She imed that


    Tina threatened her, but they never found out what Tina''s threat was, as Melody wouldn''t talk about it.


    Now that Sonia knew the truth, she knew why Melody wouldn''t talk. Evidence of Peter''s crimes. If she


    came clean, she''d have to watch her lovernguish in prison. No way she''d do it. Not when she loves


    him so much.


    "Melody believed her and promised to help Tina right away. Tina asked Melody to pick a girl about her


    age and size, and then the girl would be forced tomit suicide in her stead. Melody spent almost a


    week trying to find the girl that fit Tina''s bill. The girl was a patient in another asylum. Melody got her


    out of the asylum and switched her with Tina. Tina was taken away while that woman stayed back at


    the asylum. Melody and her family''s power might be in decline, but she still had some connections. It


    wasn''t hard for her to fool all the asylum staff and take Tina away. More importantly, one of the officers


    who supervised Tina was Melody''s admirer. He bought them enough time to escape by causing


    distractions for the other cops."


    Sonia knew thest part. Once Melody was caught, she sold out the officer who assisted her, and he


    was arrested. Not only did he lose his job, but he also embarrassed his family. He was mmed behind


    bars. Once an ally of justice, now a prisoner. All for a dream that would never be fulfilled. Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    Was it worth it? Sonia didn''t pity the officer at all. He was a grown-up. He had to take responsibility for


    his actions. He must know the consequences of helping a criminal more than anyone, but he did it


    anyway. That can only mean one thing: Melody was more important than his job. Sonia saw no need to


    pity someone like that.


    The one she pitied was the woman who died in Tina''s ce. She was a patient who had a mental


    illness. She saw the world differently from most people. Probably didn''t even know how or why she


    died. Melody took her to the building and made her kill herself. All for Tina''s n. Everyone has the


    right to live, even insane people. Yet, Tina and Melody took an innocent life all for their n. They''re


    nothing but demons. I can''t believe Melody got out of jail before she got incarcerated.


    "Miss Reed?" Cynthia was a little scared when she saw the angry look on Sonia''s face. What''s wrong?


    What is she getting so mad about?


    Sonia balled her fists and took a few deep breaths. Only then did her fury calm down slightly. Icily, she


    asked, "Does that woman''s family know? Do they know what Melody did to their daughter?"


    Oh, the maddy. Scorn filled Cynthia''s eyes. "Yes, of course. If they didn''t, they''d have been out for


    Melody''s blood for what she did to their daughter. I know what you''re trying to say. I asked the same


    questions, and Melody told me what she did. Initially, they didn''t want to hand over the woman to


    Melody since the woman was part of their family. But then, Melody gave them a hundred and fifty


    grand, and they finallyplied. That woman''s family used to love her, but their patience ran out


    halfway through her treatment. It had been years since she sumbed to her madness, and


    eventually, her family''s sorrow turned into resentment, and then…"