âBullsh*t! Iâve got to hand it to you Tanners. How dare you deceive us and treat us like fools? And now youâre looking for a scapegoat? Iâm going to kill you all.â Wendy picked up the stageâs sound system and flung it at Crystal.
If Yvette had not pulled Wendy away from Crystal, Wendy definitely would have caused Crystal great bodily harm.
âMrs. Smith, please stay calm and donât do anything rash,â Nathan forced out those words. He had done terrible things for the sake of Crystal. At this point, he was powerless and hung his head despondently.
âI would have stabbed you all one by one to death if I have a knife with me.â
Not wanting to see Nathan in this state again, I took a deep breath before I turned around and held Christopherâs hand in mine and whispered, âLetâs get out of here, shall we?â
âYou canât bear to watch this?â Christopher asked with a frown.
He must have thought that I was too kind-hearted to have such emotions after being bullied by Crystal. I turned my gaze to the middle-aged man on the stage for a moment, then I closed my eyes and said, âHeâs still my father.â
âCrystal is from the Yates family, and sheâs not part of the Tanners. This wonât affect the Tanner family. Only Crystal will have this to answer for. Donât you worry, Iâve got your back.â
I began to relax again after hearing Christopherâs reassurance.
I thought that would be the end of it. To my surprise, there was a change of scene on the projector screen, and it seemed to be recorded at a foreign place. After listening to the language spoken in the video, it was obvious that those people were Jetroinians.
I looked at Christopher in surprise and asked, âIsnât this a bit too much?â
âServes her right for being a promiscuous woman. It turns out my private investigator dug up more than I expected.â Christopher pursed his lips and gestured in the direction of Sharon and said, âSharon is really the backbone of the Smith family, and she shows no mercy to her enemies.â
It suddenly dawned on me that these videos were all pre-selected by Sharon. It seemed to me that Sharon did this out of her guilty-conscious to wholly exonerate my name.
In the video, Crystal was wearing a revealing dress, and she was drinking and chatting among a group of men. Someone asked bluntly, âMiss, are you sure itâs okay to leave your boyfriend stranded on the island?â
âMr. Banno, werenât you just in my bed last night? Donât mention another man when youâre with me.â Crystal pounced on him and pressed her ample bosom against his chest. âAs the saying goes, a wise man submits to fate. Heâs about to die. I canât possibly die together with him, can I?â
âYouâre right, Ms. Yates. Letâs revel all night, shall we? I can guarantee that you will be thoroughly satisfied with us. Iâll send you home once this is over. I promise you that this will be the last time.â One of the men reached into Crystalâs top and groped her.
âLetâs have fun together. Donât make me wait any longer. I want to be with two of the most handsome men,â Crystal said with a sensual smile.
âWe are all handsome. After youâre done with us, you just have to say the word, and weâll take you back.â One of the men picked her up and spun her around in the air a few times before he placed her on the couch. Another man went over to her and slid his hand up her skirt while a third man deliberately spilled wine on her white skirt.
Clothes were discarded, followed by shoes⦠In that instant, the video got cut off. What happened next in the video was not aired.
I was so shocked by what I saw that I choked on my drink, and water spurted out of my mouth. Fortunately, Gordon and Julia had left earlier. Otherwise, I would have accidentally spat on Julia, who was seated on my left.
Did Crystal engage herself in lewd acts just so that she could get home? That was just preposterous. No wonder I felt that those men were no-good the moment I saw them on the ship.