All Novel Sweet
Chapter 1115
Chapter 1115
When 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 come back.
Nina tried hard to maintain her composure, taking Mira by one hand and Kane by the other. "Let's go,
guys. Time for some fun." 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.
They sat by the window, where they could enjoy a seafood feast while watching the sunset over the
ocean.
At the next table, some diners 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. I 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 shame about the wife. She'll probably get the
death penalty and they've got two kids at home. I 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 trio she 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.
Skyler 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 freaking me out."
"I'm scared too. Ghosts are the worst," Mira shivered, grabbing a blanket and pulling it over her head. Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.
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 novels, 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 time of the crime. Mental illness can exempt someone from criminal
punishment."