Chapter 645 Investigations From The Past
What did it feel like to be cursed to hell by one’s own mother?
It probably felt like having one’s heart stabbed by a knife relentlessly before getting it crushed into pieces.
Cecilia maintained a calm demeanor, showing no signs of discomfort despite her chest aching uncontrollably.
She forced a smile. “Mdm. Paula, what you should be thinking about now is how you're going to spend the rest of
your life in jail, as well as the livelihoods of you and your daughter after 1 reclaim my father’s inheritance. | know
that most of what the Evans family possesses now is thanks to the foundation laid by Smith Corporation in the
past.”
Having said all that, Cecilia disregarded Paula's furious gaze and stood up to leave.
She had only taken a few steps when a crash echoed from behind her.
Looking back, she saw that Paula had fallen from her chair. Her eyes were glazed over as she clutched her
stomach tightly, and her legs twitched uncontrollably as if she had lost control over them.
Cecilia stared blankly at her, unsure of what was happening.
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It wasn’t long before a doctor arrived and took Paula to the hospital.
When Cecilia stepped out, her emotions were a tangled mess.
Her attorney, Norman Jenkins, was waiting for her outside. “What did Paula want from you?”
“She askedhow much money it would take forto drop the charges.”
“She was responsible for Martha's death, and then she had the audacity to embezzle all of Mr. Smith’s
inheritance. Now, she even wants you to drop the charges? How absurd.” Norman had always disliked Paula for
being so superficial.
It's a shRegas loved her to his bones, but at least he eventually got to see her true self and left an extra will
for Cecilia in his last moment.
Cecilia nodded and informed him about how Paula and collapsed and convulsed earlier.
“Is she planning to feign illness to escape again?” That was Norman's first assumption.
Cecilia wasn't sure either, and she simply shook her head.
“Don’t worry. No matter what she does, she won't escape jail time,” he assured the woman who had given up
any hope for her mother. He then shared sinformation he had gathered over the years. “I began
investigating Paula a long tago, and truth be told, I've always found Mr.
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Smith’s death a mystery.”
As soon as he spoke, it was as if onderbolt hard treatk
Cecilia's eyes widened in shock Whan
“I never disclosed this to you before, her prior to Mr Smirtile pompare the and arresty atted we ne check whether
the car he was driving had been rampered wither
“And then?”
“I was a step late back then, Norman continued by the tand any momain Than vehicle had already been
scrapped. Por over the pre few years | finally magd find the
is dashcam from that time. The driver had hit the brakes, for these see alsostinely use gence
A loud ringing echoed in Cecilia’s hear
“| still remember how Paula had toldthat my father’s death was caused by the sever win tart been drinking
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At the tof the car accident, the driver had died instantly, leaving no chance se confirmari
Norman's brows creased. “The Smith family’s vehicles are served minually and a deste Saliuse has never
happened before. | also checked the garage logs for the day before and the day of the accident. It was Paula who
had driven that car the day before her all these years, die adea of finding evidence to prove that Paula was
behind Mr. Smith's death may are sent any stallate but | dare say she was certainly involved
Had it been in the past, there was no way Cecilia would have belimed these worth
However, upon seeing that Paula had transferred all of her assets to Reges the underwood star this woman had
never truly loved her father.
Ralph was her true love, and Cassandra was the embodiment of this lone
Cecilia gazed up at the sky as a fine rain began to drift down
She murmured, “Thank goodness Dad never found our.”
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Otherwise, he would have been so heartbroken