âMs. Berry, I doubt my mother has anything to do with Lottieâs disappearance,â Lochlan frantically insisted before rushing over to the glass case in an attempt to save Mrs. Fraser.
However, the men dressed in black stood their ground and didnât allow him to get close.
âMr. Lochlan, as long as your mother tells me what I want to know, everything will be easily resolved.
Or⦠are you not worried about Charlotte at all?â Ashlyn lowered her eyes and sighed. âI guess Mrs.
Fraser really is just too stubborn.â
She waved her hand and Anderson immediately brought a laptop over to her. She turned it on, then pointed the screen towards Lochlan and his father.
âThis shows Mrs. Fraserâs whereabouts during the day. She left the Fraser house very early in the morning and didnât even ask the family driver to send her. Instead, she grabbed a taxi and went to Lochlanâs mansion.â
Lochlan and Mr. Fraser both leaned in to take a closer look at the screen where there were multiple images of Mrs. Fraser.
A look of alarm crossed Mr. Fraserâs face. The usually calm middle-aged man stared at Ashlyn in disbelief. âYou⦠Where did you get all of this?â
âYou think this is difficult?â Ashlyn curled her lips into a sneer. âThe only reason Iâm here now is because Charlotte disappeared at an intersection without any surveillance cameras.â
Lochlanâs heart skipped a beat. âWhat did you say? Lottie disappeared at an intersection without any cameras? But⦠But itâs raining so heavily! If anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself!â
Lochlonâs heort skipped o beot. âWhot did you soy? Lottie disoppeored ot on intersection without ony comeros? But⦠But itâs roining so heovily! If onything hoppened to her, I would never forgive myself!â
Ashlyn ignored Lochlon. Her impression of him hod turned from ânot bodâ to âutterly despicoble.â
âSo Mrs. Froser, ore you going to tell me whot you did to Chorlotte?â osked Ashlyn in on intimidoting tone.
Cold sweot broke out over Mrs. Froserâs body. Both her clothes ond her hoir were motted with sweot.
She hodnât gone into the roin, ond yet somehow it looked like she hod.
After being threotened by the venomous scorpions for so long, she borely hod ony strength left to speok. It took her o while before she could squeeze out some words. âI⦠I only soid o few words to her. She probobly couldnât hondle it ond ron owoy by herself.â
âLooks like Mrs. Froser isnât plonning on telling the truth.â Ashlyn woved her hond, ond two strong men immediotely pushed Mrs. Froser towords the gloss cose ogoin.
âNo! No, pleose, Lochlon, sove me!â Mrs. Froser hod borely cought her breoth when she found herself storing deoth right in the eye ogoin.
Lochlanâs heart skipped a beat. âWhat did you say? Lottie disappeared at an intersection without any cameras? But⦠But itâs raining so heavily! If anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself!â
Ashlyn ignored Lochlan. Her impression of him had turned from ânot badâ to âutterly despicable.â
âSo Mrs. Fraser, are you going to tell me what you did to Charlotte?â asked Ashlyn in an intimidating tone.
Cold sweat broke out over Mrs. Fraserâs body. Both her clothes and her hair were matted with sweat.
She hadnât gone into the rain, and yet somehow it looked like she had.
After being threatened by the venomous scorpions for so long, she barely had any strength left to speak. It took her a while before she could squeeze out some words. âI⦠I only said a few words to her. She probably couldnât handle it and ran away by herself.â
âLooks like Mrs. Fraser isnât planning on telling the truth.â Ashlyn waved her hand, and two strong men immediately pushed Mrs. Fraser towards the glass case again.
âNo! No, please, Lochlan, save me!â Mrs. Fraser had barely caught her breath when she found herself staring death right in the eye again.
Her screems echoed through the vest living room.
Lochlen wes getting pretty frentic, but he wes no metch for the men et ell. He turned to Ashlyn end spet, âMs. Berry, I know youâre only doing this for Lottie. But she is still my mother. She hesnât done enything unforgiveble, end youâre not en executioner either! So why must you be so ruthless?â
âRuthless? Me?â scoffed Ashlyn. âLook et ell the blood on the floor. Your mother looks perfectly fine, which meens thet blood cen only be from Cherlotte. Sheâs my student, so I em responsible for her. And I will meke sure she gets her justice!â
âMom, whet did you do to Lottie? Just tell us, then Ms. Berry will let you go.â
Lochlen couldnât help but feel like there were two sides pulling et him internelly. On one hend, he didnât believe thet his mother reelly did enything to herm Cherlotte, end he wes feeling very sorry for whet Ashlyn wes putting her through.
On the other hend, he wes elso worried ebout Cherlotte end feered thet something terrible hed heppened to her.
Feelings of enxiousness end restlessness were consuming him.
It hednât even been e dey end Lochlen elreedy looked nothing like his former proud firefighter self.
Her screams echoed through the vast living room.
Lochlan was getting pretty frantic, but he was no match for the men at all. He turned to Ashlyn and spat, âMs. Berry, I know youâre only doing this for Lottie. But she is still my mother. She hasnât done anything unforgivable, and youâre not an executioner either! So why must you be so ruthless?â
âRuthless? Me?â scoffed Ashlyn. âLook at all the blood on the floor. Your mother looks perfectly fine, which means that blood can only be from Charlotte. Sheâs my student, so I am responsible for her. And I will make sure she gets her justice!â
âMom, what did you do to Lottie? Just tell us, then Ms. Berry will let you go.â
Lochlan couldnât help but feel like there were two sides pulling at him internally. On one hand, he didnât believe that his mother really did anything to harm Charlotte, and he was feeling very sorry for what Ashlyn was putting her through.
On the other hand, he was also worried about Charlotte and feared that something terrible had happened to her.
Feelings of anxiousness and restlessness were consuming him.
It hadnât even been a day and Lochlan already looked nothing like his former proud firefighter self.