NovelEnglishWhen Nina returned, Aurelia casually asked, "Who was that on the phone? Your mom?" "No," Nina shook her head, "It was a classmate." "Oh." Aurelia had thought perhaps Sheryl had cback.
Nina tried hard to maintain her composure, taking Mira by one hand and Kane by the other. "Let's go, guys. Tfor sfun." She wanted to forget all about the incident.
As the sun began to dip in the sky, they all went out to a restaurant for dinner.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey sat by the window, where they could enjoy a seafood feast while watching the sunset over the ocean.
At the next table, sdiners were discussing the day's grisly news.
"Did you hear about the guy who was killed? He brought his mistress on a vacation, and when his wife showed up, he hit her. In a fit of rage, she poisoned both him and the mistress. | was at the scene. It was horrific. They bled everywhere, eyes wide open. They definitely didn't die in peace." "Serves the cheater and his mistress right, but it's a shabout the wife. She'll probably get the death penalty and they've got two kids at home. | heard the eldest is only four, and the youngest is barely two." "The wife was too impulsive. She should have just divorced the guy instead of creating a lose-lose situation." "What do you know? This is about preferring to shatter than remaining whole yet flawed. If all women were that fierce, no man would dare to cheat." Aurelia overheard their conversation and immediately thought of the tshe had seen beneath the palm trees. Could it be them? The wife seemed so meek and cried after being hit, not daring to fight back. Who would have thought she'd resort to poison? Was this a case of a desperate rat trying to bite a cat? It was such a pity that Beverly, the gossip enthusiast, wasn't there. She would have delved into the story, uncovering every last detail.
Nina turned pale, with her palms sweating with nervousness. She wiped them surreptitiously before picking up her fork again to eat.
She wanted to go home, not stay here, but it was too late, and her dad would never agree.
Tomorrow morning, they were all supposed to go clamming at the beach.
After dinner, the kids all went to Skyler's room to watch cartoons.
Nina was distracted, haunted by thoughts of the poisoning. She was just a nine-year-old child. Such a terrifying experience was bound to scare her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSkyler peeled a lychee, ate it, and spat out the seed.
"Who would've thought we'd stumble upon a murder today?" William pulled a scary face and chuckled, "Wonder if there will be ghosts tonight?" Nina flinched, dropping her orange.
"Cut it out, you're freakingout." "I'm scared too. Ghosts are the worst," Mira shivered, grabbing a blanket and pulling it over her head.
Kane patted her shoulder, "Don't be afraid. There's no such thing as ghosts. They're just made up by people. If you don't have a guilty conscience, you've got nothing to fear. Only those who have done wrong fear the knock of a ghost." That only made Nina more afraid. She was someone with a guilty conscience.
William shrugged, "It sounds like those two weren't great people. A man who hits his wife is the worst. He got what he deserved." That made Nina feel a bit better. Maybe she had done a service by removing a villain? At that moment, she felt the man was evil, which was why she had chosen him for her poison test.
"If the husband wasn't killed by his wife, will the cops let her go?" Skyler said, "Of course, they'll let her go if there's not enough evidence. But from my experience of reading over countless detective , it must be his wife or his mistress." "Will the murderer get the death penalty?" That was what Nina cared about the most.
Skyler replied, "It'll be either the death penalty or life in prison unless the wife can prove she's mentally ill with an episode at the tof the crime. Mental illness can exempt someone from criminal punishment."
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