Chapter 110

“I think she thinks Charles likes me, so she wants to kill me. I’ve always treated her as my best friend. I don’t know why she did that.” Leah cried pitifully. One would pity her just looking at her.

Charles sat on the chair and crossed his hands across his knees. When he heard that, he lifted his head to look at Leah. Then, he lowered his head again. The look in his eyes was unreadable.

Madam Jones almost could not breathe from anger. “S-sophia... I treated her like my own daughter! How dare she do this kind of evil thing! I want to sue her! I want her to go to prison!”

“Mom...” Leah cried and grabbed her arm. She shook her head. “No, she’s my best friend, I...”

Mr. Jones was standing on one side. He looked at his daughter, seemingly deep in thought.

Madam Jones felt resentful toward Leah for failing to meet her expectations. Then, she interrupted Leah angrily and sadly, “Do you know you almost died? Do you know your legs are broken and you can never dance again? And you’re still helping that murderer!”

When she heard that, Leah was shocked.

She looked at her right leg and tried to move it. When she noticed she could not move it, she opened her mouth slightly and tears rolled down her cheeks.

William looked conflicted, seemingly in pain. He frowned and said, “Is there any misunderstanding? Even though Soph is slightly chaotic at times, but...”

Slap!

Madam Jones slapped him heavily across the face. She pointed at him with shaky fingers. “Don’t you feel embarrassed chasing after that murderer?

She wants to kill your sister and you’re still standing up for her?”

She gasped for air. Her voice sounded piercing from the high octave. “Do you think your sister will risk her own life to falsely accuse that murderer?”

Leah did not blame him. She only lied in bed and looked at him with tears in her eyes. She looked extremely hurt.

William felt remorseful when she looked at him like that. He clutched the side of his face that had been slapped, his heart throbbing in pain. “Leah, I’m sorry. If I hadn’t asked you to be friends with her, you wouldn’t be... like this.”

“Will, don’t blame yourself. Although I don’t have my leg, I’m still alive. Being alive is better than anything!” Leah forced out a smile. However, tears still rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.

If she had blamed him or hit him, perhaps William would feel much better. As a dancer, she could not dance anymore, but she was still trying to comfort him. This made him feel extremely terrible.

He clenched his fist. His eyes were filled with struggle and hatred. He looked at his sister on the bed and said solemnly, “Leah, I’ll make things right for you.”

“This is how an older brother should be. Let’s go. Let’s get that murdere!” Madam Jones pulled William to get out of the room. Then, she turned her head and looked at Mr. Jones. “Come along!”

Mr. Jones grunted a reply and said to Charles who had been sitting there silently the entire time, “Charles, I’ll leave Leah to you. At the end of the day, she got hurt because of you.”

He patted Charles’ shoulder and looked at Leah profoundly. Then, he got out of the room under Madam Jones’ constant nagging.

After the door was closed, there were only Charles and Leah in the room.

Leah wiped away the tears on her face and forced out a smile. She said, “I’m fine. You must be tired after working the entire day. You should go back and rest. I won’t kill myself because I can’t dance anymore.”

Charles stared at her and did not say anything.

“Alright, I admit, it’s traumatic that I’ve lost a leg and can’t dance anymore. However, I won’t kill myself because of that.” Leah smiled bitterly.

She bit her lip, and her expression looked sad. “I just didn’t expect Sophia to think that you like me and attempt to kill me. It’s quite disheartening to be treated like that by my best friend.”

After she said that, she lifted her head to glance at Charles. She did not know that he was looking at her. She lowered her head immediately, and a blush crept up her ears and face.

Sophia’s affair with William was enough to give Charles a headache. Suddenly, this incident of Sophia running Leah over with her car happened.

He looked at Leah coldly. “Is Sophia insane? Of all times, why now? Why did she choose to run you over at her own birthday party in front of so many people?”

“Charles, you suspected me yesterday and you’re still suspecting me today?” Leah pointed at herself. In her aggrieved voice, there was a hint of anger and despair. “My biggest wish is to be a real dancer and perform in front of people.

“Would I risk my life to falsely accuse Sophia while knowing the risk of death and the risk of being crippled? What am I after?”

Charles did not change his mind after what she said. He chuckled coldly. “I’m not you. How would I know what you’re thinking?”

“Do you still not believe me, Charles?” Leah was in disbelief. Tears continued to roll down her cheeks uncontrollably. She felt wronged. “Sophia and my brother wronged you, but why are you still taking her side?”

When he heard that, Charles frowned and stood up. His voice sounded even colder than before. “It’s none of your business.”

“Are you in love with Sophia? Is that why you’re still taking her side even if she’s having an affair? Are you reluctant to let her go?” His reflection was reflected in Leah’s eyes. She clutched her hospital gown tightly. She was unconvinced and was aggrieved. She was also angry and jealous.

Charles did not look at her. He denied without even thinking. “No!”

“Then why don’t you believe me?” Leah’s soft voice was filled with pain. “Everyone saw Sophia running me over with her car. Would I ask Sophia to run me over with her car?”

Charles peered at her coldly. “You don’t need Sophia to run you over. You just have to tamper with her brakes and walk in front of her car.”

Sophia was chaotic, domineering, and even annoying. However, she did not have the guts to kill people. He saw her struggling to hold a knife when she was asked to kill a chicken.

Silence.

Two pairs of eyes were looking at each other. No one said anything.

It was as if someone was slowly sucking the oxygen out of the room. It was starting to get hard to breathe.

Leah looked at Charles’ cold face. The light in her eyes was getting dimmer and dimmer. In the end, there were just two black holes. “I can’t do anything if you don’t believe me.”

She tugged her lip. “I didn’t want to sue Sophia, but since you don’t believe me, I can only sue her for attempted murder.”

When she saw that Charles was indifferent, she took out her phone and played a recording.

“Leah Jones, go to hell! Go to hell!”

It was Sophia’s voice. Then, it was followed by a loud crash.

Charles’ pupils constricted. Then, his muscles tensed. “How did you get this recording?” He still refused to believe Sophia would kill someone. His eyes glinted when he said, “Did you prepare for Sophia to run you over?”

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