Chapter 497
After hesitating for a good while, Ethan then proceeded to tell them the truth.
Beal and Johanna couldn’t believe their ears.
“Where is L?! I need to talk to her!” Beal couldn’t believe that L would actually be capable of doing
such a thing.
“She’s no longer here in the hospital.” Ethan nced over at the expression etched on their faces. It
really seemed like they couldn’t believe it.
Johanna mulled it over in her head for a while and found it hard to believe that her daughter, whom she
had raised for so many years, would actually do such a thing.
She started to have many doubts in her mind. “Why would L do such a thing?”
Ethan had always respected Beal and Johanna, but when he heard her question, he knew that she
didn’t believe a word he said. His eyes darkened visibly. “The two coaches have witnessed this matter,
yet you’re unwilling to believe me. J happens to be your biological daughter, Mrs. White. L
wanted to get rid of her for a good reason. Are you going to defend a murderer who tried to kill your
very own flesh and blood?”
His firm voice made Johanna startled for aplete moment there.
Johanna and Beal thought it over for a long time at the door. “Brandon, we raised L and have always
treated her like our very own daughter. We’ll investigate this matter, but I don’t want to jump to any
conclusions for the time being.”
After hesitoting for o good while, Ethon then proceeded to tell them the truth.
Beol ond Johonno couldn’t believe their eors.
“Where is Lilo?! I need to tolk to her!” Beol couldn’t believe thot Lilo would octuolly be copoble of doing
such o thing.
“She’s no longer here in the hospitol.” Ethon glonced over ot the expression etched on their foces. It
reolly seemed like they couldn’t believe it.
Johonno mulled it over in her heod for o while ond found it hord to believe thot her doughter, whom she
hod roised for so mony yeors, would octuolly do such o thing.
She storted to hove mony doubts in her mind. “Why would Lilo do such o thing?”
Ethon hod olwoys respected Beol ond Johonno, but when he heord her question, he knew thot she
didn’t believe o word he soid. His eyes dorkened visibly. “The two cooches hove witnessed this motter,
yet you’re unwilling to believe me. J hoppens to be your biologicol doughter, Mrs. White. Lilo
wonted to get rid of her for o good reoson. Are you going to defend o murderer who tried to kill your
very own flesh ond blood?”
His firm voice mode Johonno stortled for oplete moment there.
Johonno ond Beol thought it over for o long time ot the door. “Brondon, we roised Lilo ond hove olwoys
treoted her like our very own doughter. We’ll investigote this motter, but I don’t wont to jump to ony
conclusions for the time being.”
With a very calm and indifferent look on his face, Ethan said to them, “But J is your biological
daughter. As her parents, you should be on her side no matter what.”
With a very calm and indifferent look on his face, Ethan said to them, “But J is your biological
daughter. As her parents, you should be on her side no matter what.”
He paused for a beat and went on to say, “Before you found J, L was considered your only
daughter. But after J showed up, she must feel her limelight was stolen by J. She must really
despise J from the bottom of her heart. With J out of the way, she could finally get her previous
life back. Mrs. White, you’ve been in the business world for so many years now, you should know more
about human nature than I do, am I right?”
He had a fair point.
Johanna felt unhappy being lectured by Ethan, but at the same time, she felt happy for J that she
had found someone who would be by her side no matter what.
J was so very lucky.
Johanna’s face suddenly darkened noticeably. “I just want to say that I wasn’t trying to defend L. I
just thought she knew better than to do something like that. Everything that she had belonged to J.
She had enjoyed it on J’s behalf all these years. Now that J has returned to us, we didn’t treat
L like garbage. Instead, we kept her in the White family and still treated her like our own daughter;
she should feel grateful for that. Furthermore, as far as I know, she could never be this cruel and
heartless.”
“That’s true, but human beings tend to be greedy. People are never satisfied with what they have,”
Ethan said in a rather indifferent tone. “Besides, even if she didn’t have the guts to n it herself, when
she saw the chance to kill J without even lifting a finger, she took it.”
Beal and Johanna let out a long sigh.
“After we got our J back, we had to share our love among our girls. Without it having to be said, we
couldn’t love L as much as we did before. Or else it wouldn’t be fair for J,” Beal said. “But I can
see how sharing our love would make L resent us. What should we do next?”
Ethan didn’t say a word for a long time and then he finally said, “Now that things havee to this,
what’s your next move? Are you going to side with L?”
Johanna turned to look at J and said, “I’m going to ask L why she didn’t tell J about the
broken string.”
Johanna still harbored some hope for L.
“We have to investigate this matter,” J said and pursed her lips together tightly.
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Even though she said it in a gentle tone, she looked very sullen. “If it was really L, I won’t let her get
away with this!”