Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 313

Annabelle was perplexed, and after hearing Harry’s words, she felt more skeptical of herself.

After Daryl died, Annabelle became sick, not physically, but mentally. Francesca remarried after fleeing with the

Solace family’s money. She didn’t care about Annabelle at all.

Moreover, Francesca’s second husband was a jerk. He was a violent guy who loved to gamble and drink. When he

had a difficult day at work, he would come home and release his anger by hitting someone.

Francesca was smart and would go to hide, but Annabelle had nowhere to hide and had no idea when the man

would be upset. He’d beat Annabelle up and then burn her with a cigarette. She would be covered with bruises, and

several times, she even thought she would die at the man’s hands.

Francesca wouldn’t care about her when she returned home, let alone take her to the hospital. Instead, she would

smile smugly when she noticed Annabelle’s pained expression. Furthermore, Francesca would curse at her

stepdaughter, saying she deserved it and that she should die sooner.

Annabelle was miserable during those years. She even wanted to commit suicide as Francesca said.

Since Daryl, whom she loved, was no longer alive, there was no one else in the world that she cared about.

Annabelle once thought, “What’s the point in living?”

Even so, she knew that she couldn’t die alone; she had to drag someone else with her.

Annabelle hid a kitchen knife beneath her pillow and prepared to kill Francesca’s husband and die with him if he

beat her again. Later, she did stab him.

She was pleased when she saw the blood gushing out of the man, but the joy and pleasure didn’t last long. Soon,

terror and fear overcame her.

She cried in fear and hid in the corner, watching the man lying on the ground as if he was dead.

Later, Annabelle called Christopher.

Christopher went to her school numerous times in secret to look for her and stuffed a note to her with his phone

number on it. Annabelle hated Christopher at the time since he was the reason why she lost her father and ended

up in such a miserable situation.

Therefore, when Christopher gave her the note, she crushed it into a ball. Annabelle wanted to throw it into the

trash can, but somehow, she hesitated when

she passed by the trash can and finally chose to stuff it into her bag.

When Christopher arrived at her home back then, he was also frightened by the scene in the room, but he kept his

cool. He immediately called an ambulance and took her out of the house.

After that, She was taken to the Solace residence by Christopher and never returned to that house again.

Although Francesca’s husband lost a lot of blood, he was saved in the end. Later, the Solace family reported his

abuse to the police and gave the police some pressure. Thus, after being released from the hospital, the man went

to jail and died there a few years later.

Francesca was given another sum of money from the Solace family to give up custody of Annabelle.

However, Annabelle wasn’t completely free.

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For a long time, she often had nightmares and lost control of her emotions. She was fine in the Solace residence

but often quarreled and fought with her classmates at school. On several occasions, she almost thought of ending it

all.

Kendrick was the first to notice her mental health struggles. He then found a psychologist who treated her for

almost a year. On the surface, she seemed to have recovered, but in truth, she had just learned to control herself

and conceal her dark side in a tiny little corner deep within herself.

At that time, she was afraid that she would lose control of herself one day.

Later on, she attended the same middle school as Christopher. After deciding to reside in the school dorm, the

pressure she felt about losing control of herself eventually subsided. After so many years, she finally felt like a

normal. again.

However, Harry’s words made her doubt herself once more.

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Annabelle and Scarlett were the only people present back then. If Annabelle wasn’t the culprit, then who else could

it be? Who else wanted Scarlett’s life?

But soon, Annabelle denied that thought.

“No. If I killed Scarlett, who knocked me out after I called Christopher? How did I end up here?” she questioned

internally.

Annabelle suddenly looked at Harry with fear and shuddered uncontrollably. “It’s you! You killed Scarlett! Isn’t that

right?”

Harry said calmly, “She’s my fiancée. Why would I kill her?”

“Right. Why would he?” she thought.

Annabelle was usually a quick thinker.

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But at that moment, she was stricken by anxiety and panic. Hence, she couldn’t calm down to think.

She thought she would’ve had it all figured out, but her thoughts were all jumbled up like a ball of yarn. Annabelle

didn’t have a single clue about what happened back then.

She was anxious, for she wanted to get to the bottom of things.

Her desperation caused her to ball up her hands and hit herself on the head.

Annabelle wasn’t one to cry, but at this moment, she couldn’t hold back anymore and began to weep. Tears rolled

down her cheeks like a broken chain of pearls.

“How can I kill Scarlett? There’s no way I will murder a person!” she pondered.

Just then, Harry grabbed her hand, pressed her onto the bed, and said coldly, “Enough!”

Annabelle kept struggling until she exhausted all of her strength and eventually fell asleep.

Before going to bed, Yuliana got a call from Layla.

“Yuliana, I talked to someone at the detention center. You can disguise yourself as a lawyer’s assistant and go in

with them.”

It was very quiet on Layla’s end, and Yuliana could hear the exhaustion in Layla’s hoarse voice.

“Okay,” Yuliana replied and added, “Layla, you didn’t rest last night. Have a good sleep tonight.”

Layla chuckled faintly. “I want to sleep, too, but all I can think about is Chris when I close my eyes. What will happen

to him if I don’t help him?”

After saying that, Layla immediately regained her energy and reassured Yuliana, “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.

When you see Christopher tomorrow, persuade him to tell you everything, and tell him not to hide anything. Only

then we’ll be able to help him with as much as we can.”

Yuliana hummed in response. They chatted for a while about Scarlett’s case before ending the call.

Layla was still at the company.

Earlier the same day, Jared traveled to Jeahron to visit a lawyer who dealt with similar cases in the past, but the

outcome of his visit was disappointing. The lawyer politely declined to take Christopher’s case, even for Jared’s

sake.

Jared planned to contact another lawyer at night, but the lawyer was not in Jeahron. They would only return the day

after tomorrow, meaning the matter would be delayed for another two days. Besides, Jared wasn’t sure if that

lawyer would take the case.

Thus, Layla planned to go to Jeahron and meet the lawyer with Jared.

Layla felt exhausted, yet not physically tired. In the past, she didn’t feel tired when she was working on her projects

and didn’t get any sleep for days on end. In this instance, only 24 hours had passed since the previous night.

Yet, she felt powerless. It seemed like there was an invisible hand that was controlling Christopher’s case, and they

couldn’t seem to get rid of that hand no matter how hard they tried.

In the afternoon, Layla visited the Lynch family, and they were keen on making Christopher pay the price for

Scarlett’s death.

All the evidence in the police’s hands pointed to Christopher killing Scarlett.