Chapter 132 She Would Rather Die
Holly shielded Katie as she asked coldly, “A girl’s reputation is at stake here. You can’t just take her away with no evidence. If you want to take her, you’ll have to provide evidence.”
“We do have evidence,” the leading policeman said without emotion. “We have both witnesses and physical evidence.”
Holly felt her heart tremble. “What did you say?”
“I said that we have both witness and physical evidence,” the leading policeman said. “The witness would be Katie Baker’s biological father. He can attest that six years ago, Katie once gave him a jade bracelet, a suet jade pendant, and a set of ruby jewelry. He had sold those items to a jewelry shop, and we already found transaction records from the shop itself. The signature of Katie Baker’s father was also found on the transaction records.”
Holly was so stunned that she couldn’t react.
After a long while, she turned to look at Katie.
Katie gripped Holly’s clothes tightly with a face full of tears. When she saw Holly looking at her, she bit her lip and shook her head. “No, I didn’t… I didn’t…”
The leading policeman said, “We’ve brought Ian Daniels here. You can confront him here.”
With a wave from him, one of the policemen immediately led Ian out of the police car.
Ian was Katie’s biological father.
When Katie’s mother was ill and bed-ridden, Ian was found sleeping with his secretary.
Katie’s mother divorced him during her last breaths. She thought that if she divorced Ian, her daughter would receive some of the property.
However, in truth, Ian was shouldering a large debt. The debt was shared between the couple, so the property under Katie’s mother would still go to Ian for the debt could be paid.
After the two were done with the divorce procedures, Katie’s mother only had about 100,000 left on hand. The shop and real estate her parents had given her as dowry were all used to pay Ian’s debt.
Katie’s mother was struggling to stay alive and she passed away on the day she received the divorce certificate.
Holly’s heart ached for her sister, and Holly hated Ian to the bone. She took Katie into the Taylor Family and raised Katie in place of her sister, which was how Katie cut off all ties with the Daniels Family.
When Holly saw Ian again, her eyes were filled with disbelief.
She couldn’t believe that the jewelry she gave Katie had been given to Ian by her own niece. Not only that, Katie even framed Madeline and shoved the blame on her. No, this cannot be true.
She had raised Katie herself and Katie should know that the person whom she hated the most was Ian. How could Katie give Ian the jewelry Holly had given her?
This couldn’t be true.
This couldn’t possibly be true!
Holly turned around and led Katie to her side. “Katie, please tell me that this isn’t true. There must be some sort of misunderstanding, right?”
“Yes, yes! This isn’t true, this isn’t true at all…” Katie cried so much that her face was full of tears. She looked at Ian pleadingly and said, “Dad, I am your biological daughter. How could you slander me? Dad, tell the police and Aunt Holly that this isn’t true. This just isn’t true!”
Ian looked defeated. “Katie, just admit it. I was the one who sold the jewelry to the shop. The evidence is clear as day. The jewelry was yours, but I had sold it to the jewelry shop. If you didn’t give them to me, it would mean that I was the one who stole them. The jewelry was worth a million, so if I am really charged with theft, I would stay in prison forever. You don’t want to put your biological father in jail, do you?”
“How could you say that?” Katie sobbed and gasped for breath. “How could you?!”
Holly stared at her with widened eyes. “What Madeline said was right? You really did it yourself? You gave your jewelry to Ian, but you blamed it on Madeline and caused her to be almost to death by Dan?”
Dan, who had been trying to hide, was suddenly mentioned in this terrible manner. His handsome face turned from pale to red and he could feel his stomach churning.
How could he have been such a jerk?
He wanted so badly to slap himself silly. He lowered his head as much as he could, not daring to look anyone in the eye.
Katie sobbed so much that she couldn’t say anything; she knew that she was done for. With the concrete evidence, she could no longer wriggle her way out of this.
Madeline was right. This wasn’t a well-planned operation; if someone were rich enough, and if they cared enough, they would easily find out the truth.
That day, the truth was covered up simply because as soon as the incident was discovered, everyone believed that Madeline was the one who stole her jewelry. No one exercised the effort to investigate the matter, nor did they try to prove Madeline’s innocence.
Now, the past which had been hidden for six years was now exposed again. With both witnesses and physical evidence, she couldn’t blame it elsewhere.
“I’m sorry…” Katie sobbed, kneeling on the ground and holding Holly’s leg. “Aunt Holly, I didn’t want to do that either… My dad borrowed money from the wrong people, and if he didn’t return the money, they would break his legs. I had no choice, so I could only… I could only give him the jewelry you gave me so that he could pay the debt…”
“Even though I hate him, I still know that he is your biological father. You couldn’t sit by as your biological father got into trouble, and I can understand that. However, why did you blame it on Madeline?” Holly was so furious that her face went red and she was trembling all over. “Because of your slander, Maddie almost got beaten to death by Dan! Katie, how could you do this?”
“I didn’t want to do that either, Aunt Holly, I really didn’t. I hold no grudges against Madeline, and I didn’t want to harm her. It was Angie and Isabel who forced me to do that…” Katie shook her head in tears. “I had the jewelry with me and was going to give it to my dad, but Angie and Isabel found me. Isabel told me to put the bracelet in Madeline’s room. She said that if I don’t do what she says, she would tell you that I was still communicating with my dad. She said that she would ask you and Uncle George to send me back to the Daniels Family…”
She held Holly’s leg tightly, heaving silent sobs. “Aunt Holly, Isabel is the only young mistress of the Taylor Family. Angie was also the only young mistress of the Wendel Family. They are both treasured by the Wendels and the Taylors, but what about me? I’m only a poor girl staying with the second family of the Taylors. How would I dare to offend them? If I did, I would definitely be sent back to the Daniels Family…”
She didn’t want to go back to the Daniels Family.
Her dad was a useless fellow who didn’t know anything except for eating, drinking, and wasting himself.
Once upon a time, the Daniels Family was on the same level as the Baker Family. However, her dad had ruined the Daniels Family’s company and racked up large debts.
She also had a stepmother, who had given birth to her younger sister.
If she went back to the Daniels Family, she would be her dad’s and stepmother’s servant. She wouldn’t have a single day of happiness in her life.
However, Katie was still respected in the Taylor Family. She lived in a villa and went around in a luxurious car with servants and bodyguards serving her.
She was used to her luxurious life here. When she thought of her life after returning to the Daniels Family, she would shiver in fright.
She would rather die than return to the Daniels Family.
