After Karen heard this, she couldn’t help shuddering.
Lucas’s words were like a death notice striking at Karen’s head, causing her to break out in a cold sweat.
Indeed, once William regained consciousness, the things she had been trying to hide would all be exposed!
What should I do? What should I do now?
The only way to stop this is to make sure that William can never regain consciousness!
“The truth? What do you mean?” Cheyenne asked in bewilderment.
Lucas looked at Karen sneeringly and said, “Didn’t you just say that William’s car accident was rather fishy and that you even suspect I hired someone to do it? In that case, once William comes to, it will be clear as day who was behind the accident and who actually tried to kill him.”
Karen didn’t dare to look into Lucas’s eyes and quickly retorted in a moment of panic, “When did I say that there was something fishy about William’s car accident? Don’t spout nonsense!”
Just now, she was so focused on framing Lucas and Maddy that it slipped her mind that she had given him the chance to grab hold of what she had said to put the blame on her.
But her flustered denial made Cheyenne suspect something all of a sudden.
Since William’s car accident, the official investigation had determined it to be purely an accident, and the party that caused the accident had also died. So Cheyenne hadn’t been thinking about the other aspects.
Even when Karen said there was something fishy about the car accident, she didn’t pay too much attention to her words because she thought that Karen was just trying to frame Lucas, given how much she hated him.
But now that Lucas said that there might be someone else behind the accident, Karen’s behavior seemed rather wrong.
In fact, Karen was quite silly, so most of the time, her acting skills were terrible. For example, she couldn’t hide the look of panic on her face now at all.
Cheyenne’s heart suddenly sank.
She looked at Lucas and asked worriedly, “Lucas, Dad’s car accident isn’t purely an accident, is it? Are you already aware of something?”
She wasn’t a fool, and she could tell that Karen was behaving strangely. She would be a fool if she still hadn’t realized what was going on here.
The only thing she wanted now was for Lucas to tell her clearly that William’s car accident had nothing to do with Karen…
A few nights ago, when Cheyenne discovered that Karen had secretly unplugged William’s oxygen tube in the middle of the night in an attempt to kill him, Cheyenne had almost broken down in misery.
After Karen had been rescued by Lucas later, she had wept and told Cheyenne that she had been compelled by the Taylors to do it to William.
Cheyenne had believed her and felt really sympathetic toward her predicament. She had also felt extremely apologetic and guilty for indirectly causing Karen to end up in such a plight.
But she now couldn’t help but suspect and wonder if she could really believe Karen’s explanation. Was it really the Taylors who forced her to kill Dad?
The moment she thought of a certain possibility, Cheyenne felt as if she had plunged into icy cold water again, and her heart was full of chilliness.
Karen suddenly panicked and hurriedly asked with tears in her eyes, “Cheyenne, you’re my daughter. Don’t you trust me at all?”
Cheyenne said with difficulty, “I really want to believe you, but I really can’t tell which of your words are true and which are not. How can I trust you?”
If possible, no one would want to doubt their own biological parents.
But what Karen had done had really made Cheyenne extremely disappointed.
She closed her eyes in misery.
Seeing this, Karen panicked even more, and she anxiously tried to emotionally blackmail Cheyenne with kinship.
“Cheyenne, you can’t do this! I’m your mother. How much pain did I suffer to give birth to you back then? You’re a mother yourself. You went through ten months of pregnancy to give birth to Amelia, so you should know how I feel! I’m so hurt by your words!
“I worked so hard to raise you and Charlotte. I cooked for you two, did your laundry, and showed you concern all the time. I was afraid that you’d catch a cold when it was cold, and I was so anxious every time you got sick when you were little. Now that you’re all grown up and have a family of your own, you don’t need me anymore, so you’ve cast me aside and said those things to me!
“Cheyenne, touch your heart and tell me. Do you still have a conscience? Do you have filial piety?
“I’m really disappointed and heartbroken now! I’ve worked so hard to raise you, and you’re doubting your own mother for this man who’s only been back for a few months! I wish I could die right now and end up in the same state as your father. I’d be better off dead, lest I suffer from being angered by you!”
Karen began to act like an aggrieved mother again as she wept incessantly in a pitiful manner.
If it was the old Cheyenne, she might have been guilt-tripped by Karen’s words and be overwhelmed with regret. She would have felt extremely unfilial to have caused her mother to be so upset. She would have then cried and hugged Karen, begging her to stop saying those words and promise to treat her well in the future while continuously blaming herself.
Karen had long mastered the art of manipulation using kinship.
Unfortunately, Cheyenne once again took her by surprise.
Although Cheyenne was feeling terrible because of Karen’s words, she didn’t compromise this time. Instead, she gritted her teeth and said, “Mom, you don’t need to say those things now, and I don’t have to explain anything to you either. Anyway, Maddy just said that Dad will definitely wake up within five days!
“Once Dad wakes up, no matter what you’re hiding from me and no matter what the truth is, everything will come to light!
“If, and I mean if, Dad’s accident really has something to do with you, I will definitely not be as soft-hearted as I was last time and just tell you to leave. If you’re the culprit who wanted to kill Dad, I will surely do justice and make you pay the price!”
At the end, tears streamed down her cheeks, but she had a firm look of determination on her face!
Even Lucas was a little surprised. But immediately afterward, a trace of heartache appeared in his eyes.
Cheyenne, who was gentle and kind-hearted, had to be full of agony since she was forced to say such ruthless words.
After Karen heard what Cheyenne said, her expression changed drastically, and she became incredibly flustered.
