Gloria lifted her gaze abruptly to stare at Harvey. âWhat are you trying to say? Are you trying to tell me
that Tyler wouldnât have fallen in love with me even if he ended up finding me instead of Vicky back
then?â
âYes,â Harvey uttered slowly, his words like sharp blades cutting into her heart. âEven if he found you,
he wouldâve never fallen in love with you. Besides, it was actually Vicky whom he was looking forâ¦
Gloria, he found the right person, and Vicky never tried to impersonate you.â
Gloria was stunned for a few moments, but she soon started cackling. Her often-soft voice sounded
extremely sharp and unpleasant.
âFine. None of you would believe me. You all think that Iâm lying. But that would mean that either Tyler
or your lover, Vicky, are lying about it as well, right? Or are you going to say that the necklace I
happened upon isnât Tyler at all?â
âNone of you lied.â Harvey looked into her eyes. âYou did play âThe Moonlight Bayâ that night in the
garden, but that doesnât mean Vicky has never shown up at the same spot the same night.â
Gloria paused. âWhat do you mean?â
âRecently, I dug into what happened back then. The reason why all this happened is that Vicky went to
the same garden to practice the same song before her performance that night. She appeared in the
garden before you did. Tylerâs men located her after thatâ¦so she was under the impression that Tyler
had been looking for her.â
Gloria clenched her fists. âWhat about the necklace I found, then? Was it a fake one? Was it not
Tylerâs?â
âItâs true that you found a necklace that belonged to Tyler, but since Vicky appeared in the garden
before you did, how would you know if Tyler dropped the necklace when he was listening to you play,
or when he was listening to Vicky play? When you saw the necklace, I suppose you tried searching for
the owner, right? Did you see anyone in the garden at the time?â
Gloria was rendered speechless.
She had indeed searched around for the owner of the necklace, but the garden was empty at the time.
âThat doesnât mean Vicky was the one he was looking for!â she gritted out.
Harvey stared into her eyes and said cruelly, âGloria, as I said before, Tyler canât possibly fall in love
with a woman just because of a glimpse of your back. It doesnât matter who he saw at the time. What
matters isââ
Gloria interrupted him hysterically. âWhy doesnât that matter? If he didnât see me or look for me, he
wouldâve never gotten to know Vicky! Without me, they wouldâve never ended up together!â
Harvey stared at her with a dark look in his eyes, wondering how the young woman who once saved
his life had become such a stranger.
After a long silence, he decided to tell her the truth.
âThere was no surveillance camera in the garden back then, but there were a few at the entrance. Tyler
was seen rushing out of the garden at the time, and you werenât in the garden when he left.â He paused
and continued, âYou mustâve wondered what makes me so certain about that, right? Itâs because a
woman was having an accident out in the hall at the time and you performed CPR on her, which was
captured by the cameras.â
Gloria froze, as she distinctively remembered saving a woman back then.
It was not after the ambulance arrived that she went to the garden.
âGloria, if you donât believe me, I can show you the surveillance footage,â Harvey continued.
Gloria remained dazed for a long while before muttering while sobbing, âIf the person Tyler was looking
for wasnât me, whyâ¦would Vicky and Tyler admit to it? Were they toying with me?â
Harvey shook his head. âItâs because you happened upon Tylerâs possession and became extremely
certain that he was looking for you. You were so determined about it that Vicky started having doubts
as well. Since Vicky admitted that Tyler was looking for you, itâs understandable that Tyler would be
misled as well. Most importantlyâ¦â
Gloria looked at him. âWhat?â