Chapter 13%
Dad was stunned. Without thinking, he rushed out immediately.
“No, no! Don’t listen to her lies!“}
The media swarmed around him, flashing cameras relentlessly and bombarding him with questions.
“You previously said there must have been a misunderstanding, that the maid was the one who poisoned your wife and your daughter was mistaken. But now your daughter has again accused you. Is this still a misunderstanding?“}
“Where is your wife now? Is it true that your first thought was not to save her, but to send her to a mental hospital?”
Faced with these accusations, Dad was speechless.
His eyes were full of sorrow as he looked at me, as if he couldn’t understand why I was doing this–as if I had betrayed him.}
It was true that the evidence had been handed over to the police, but there was no conclusion yet.
After all, the water that Mom drank every day was indeed handed to her by the maid, and even she didn’t understand why she was poisoned.
But I never forgot what Rosalie said last time. This matter definitely involved my father somehow–otherwise, why would his first reaction be to lock my mother up in the hospital?
I smiled faintly and turned to leave.
Not long after I walked away, a woman suddenly emerged from inside the company.”
She confidently raised her right hand and stood beside Dad.”
“I am his wife! There’s nothing wrong with me!”
The woman stepped forward, took my father’s right hand, and raised them high together.”
On their right hands were identical wedding rings!
1 was stunned–I couldn’t understand why.
I looked more carefully at this woman.
She was someone Dad met on a business trip before. After admiring her abilities, he brought her back to serve as his personal secretary.” She bore a slight resemblance to Mom, and I had joked before that maybe she was my mother’s biological sister.}
Tessa’s appearance, along with the matching rings on their hands, made their identities clear to everyone. Many believed she really was my mother.
They even hugged each other in front of everyone to show their close relationship.
“My daughter has some misunderstandings about us. I will talk to her properly,” Tessa said sadly to the cameras.} After just a few words, the crowd’s doubts were eased.}]
I wanted to step forward and tell everyone they were wrong.
But when I tried to move again, a large group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked my way.”
They sealed off all the exits so I couldn’t see what was happening outside only the sounds reached me.§
I tried to send a message to the media, but my father’s assistant shut the door on me.
“Miss Alicia, your misunderstanding has already hurt the chairman deeply. Webber Corporation has suffered a huge blow, and he’s been losing sleep every night. This is a rare chance to save Webber Corporation–please don’t make things worse.“}
The assistant blocked me with cold eyes.}}
He ordered people to escort me into a conference room.
Outside, Tessa and Dad continued to tell their version of the truth to the media, while my father had already arranged a preemptive public relations campaign online.
Soon, the online criticisms against Dad gradually faded away.”
When it was over, they all came inside.}
As soon as they entered, Dad slammed the door loudly.
“Alicia! Are you still my daughter?”
He pointed at my face, his hand trembling slightly in the air, as if I had betrayed him.
I looked at him, but my gaze finally settled on Tessa standing behind him.
“My mother is still receiving medical treatment. I have no idea when she’ll be released.” “And by the way, my mother’s name isn’t Tessa.“W
