Chapter 130 Questioning
He was terrified, so he didn’t insist on anything and followed Holly’s decision.
When Madeline was discharged from the hospital, he had her sent back to Worrick.
Since then, no one mentioned the incident ever again.
Before today, he never doubted that Madeline was the one who stole the jewelry.
However, he wasn’t so sure right now.
If Madeline had stolen those jewelry, why could they only find the cheapest rose gold bracelet even after they looked all over the place? Where had the other costly jewelry disappeared to?
It didn’t make sense for Madeline to steal the jewelry and hide the costly ones, leaving the cheapest bracelet out to be discovered and turned into evidence that she was the thief.
This was the simplest logic and the largest flaw, but no one at that time thought that much about it.
Everyone believed that Madeline was the one who stole Katie’s jewelry.
Now, Madeline had blocked Katie from entering the house. Naturally, the question she wanted to ask would involve this incident.
Dan tightly clenched his fists, which lay on either side of his body. He wasn’t sure of the emotions he was feeling right now.
If they found evidence that Madeline wasn’t the one who stole the jewelry, and that it was all an act by Isabel, Angie, or even Katie, how could he face Madeline then?
Michael and Crystal could hear the dissatisfaction in Holly’s tone, but neither of them reprimanded Madeline for being rude. Instead, they were curious about what Madeline wanted to ask Katie about.
Crystal held Madeline’s hand and said in a concerned voice, “Maddie, just ask Katie whatever it is you want to ask. We still have time, and the air is quite nice in the yard today. We’ll stroll around and chat in the yard. It’s not a bad idea.”
Michael also said, “Yes, Maddie, just say whatever you want to say. We’re all family, so you can be open with us.”
Holly was so pissed that she almost fainted.
She was part of Crystal’s family, so she could be considered a VIP regardless, right?
They had come all the way here for the welcoming cocktail party for Madeline, but they were now blocked at the entrance and refused passage until Madeline was done questioning her niece.
How could Madeline act so high and mighty?
Crystal and Michael also looked like they were charmed by Madeline, and they had ignored even the most basic of common courtesies when treating guests, allowing the girl to mess around.
It was especially so in Michael’s case.
He was the richest man in Wendel City and the head of the Wendel Family. He should be the calmest and wisest person here, but he was acting like Crystal and messing around as well.
The dissatisfaction piled up in her heart, and her expression soured even more. However, she knew that George always had a soft spot for Crystal.
They were biological siblings and had grown up together. The same blood flowed in their veins, and they had a close relationship. Even if they fought, they could still make up to each other as if nothing had happened.
However, it wasn’t the same between husband and wife.
The relationship between husband and wife had to be carefully tended to, and the wife must never mistreat the husband’s family. If the husband became dissatisfied, cracks would appear in the bond between the husband and the wife.
Her mom had taught her this even before she got married.
She had taken care of her niece in their home all these years, and George had never expressed any disapproval. Instead, he treated Katie like his own daughter.
George was kind to her niece, so she too must be nice to George’s sister.
No matter how upset she was at Crystal and Madeline, she couldn’t say anything as long as George hadn’t said that Crystal and Madeline were in the wrong.
As such, she could only endure it.
Meanwhile, Madeline also knew that it wasn’t proper for her to deny Katie entrance.
However, Michael and Crystal didn’t reprimand her and even supported her decision. This warmed her heart very much.
In the beginning, when she first got into contact with Michael and Crystal, she only treated them as her elders and responsibility.
Now that she had spent more time with them, she could see that they really loved her, so her feelings toward Michael and Crystal also became more sincere.
She could feel parental love from Michael and Crystal.
Perhaps it wasn’t as strong as her love for Aldo and Buddy, but she could feel that Michael and Crystal truly loved her and treated her as their own daughter.
It was a sincere heart in exchange for another.
She slowly began to treat Michael and Crystal as her own parents, and she even viewed the Taylor Family as her own.
Thus, this was why she had the confidence to block Katie out of the living room.
After all, this was her home.
She was part of this home, and she was also one of the masters of the house.
She had a right to deny entrance to anyone she didn’t like!
Her parents didn’t reprimand her or think that there was something wrong with her decision. Instead, they looked at her with caring gazes, so she was especially grateful for that.
She was so emotional that she wanted to hug Crystal and call her as she did when she was young. She wanted to call her in a soft and sweet voice, “Mom”.
It felt good to be supported unconditionally by one’s parents as if one were soaking in hot springs or being shone upon by the warm sunlight.
She was originally a little uncomfortable when she saw Katie, but now, she could smile as she asked the woman, “Let me ask you this, Katie. Remember that time with the stolen jewelry? You hid your jewelry and accused me of stealing it. You framed me and slandered me when you said that I stole them instead. Was it your idea, or did you team up with Isabel and Angie?”
As soon as she spoke, the looks on everyone’s faces changed.
Crystal’s expression immediately turned icy cold, and she looked at Katie with a glare like sharp arrows.
Meanwhile, George and Holly were stunned and looked at Katie in disbelief.
Katie’s face went pale as she hastily shook her head. “I didn’t! Madeline, you can’t just accuse people like that! You stole my jewelry, and they found my bracelet in your room. You also admitted—”
“No, I’ve never admitted it before,” Madeline said calmly. “Even if I were beaten to death over and over again, I will never admit that I stole your jewelry. Not once have I admitted that!”
When he heard the phrase ‘beaten to death over and over again’, Dan went pale in the face while cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It was him—he was the one who beat her.
He had done it, and he also let his subordinates do the same thing…
He wanted to just disappear; he wanted to escape this embarrassment and awkwardness.
Meanwhile, the looks on Michael’s and Crystal’s faces turned even worse. Michael had on a dark expression, and his glare was like a knife that was brought down upon Katie’s body.
Crystal held Madeline’s hand tightly with tears pooling in her eyes. She was trying so hard to endure so that the tears wouldn’t fall.
What sort of life did her daughter lead in the past?
Cameron!
It was all the evil woman Cameron’s fault for causing her daughter to grow up in so much pain, injustice, and suffering.
After the cocktail party, she had to see Cameron and torture her so much that she would wish she were dead.
If not, this fury within her would never dissipate!
