Sorcha Byrne and her twin used to love mythology when they were little. Their parents will tell them stories about the different gods and goddesses, and naturally, her twin brother's favorite is the King of the Gods, Zeus. But she was more drawn to...
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CHAPTER 36: JUSTICE
SORCHA'S POV
"Your possible charges are conspiracy to commit murder, principal by inducement for murder, falsification of documents when you faked Audrey Ballard's death, and defamation. You'll face murder and tampering with evidence charges in Australia as well for the murder of Grace Abadiño."
Nanatili akong tahimik sa tabi ng kapatid ko. He's been explaining everything to Daze's parents, and they keep denying every single one of them. They even brought their Australian lawyer, who started out aggressive but is now probably contemplating what this case will leave in his nearly impressive track record.
Not one question has been asked of them since they arrived. Everything that is falling from my brother's mouth is a statement.
"This is absurd! Where's Zeon?" Nang hindi sumagot si Kuya Nevan sa tanong ng babae ay namula sa galit ang mukha niya. "Bring my son here! He won't let this happen to his parents. To his own mother!"
"It's not just his decision to make. Even if he doesn't file a lawsuit against you for trying to ruin his career by defaming him, the family of the victims will not back down."
The woman laughed haughtily at my brother's words. "That Aubrey is the one at fault. We didn't tell her to murder anyone for us. Let's say that we did want to ruin our son's reputation, which is preposterous. What does murder have to do with it? We weren't even here. At si Grace? That woman was a thief."
"Ma'am," pigil sa kaniya ng sarili niyang lawyer. "Let's take a moment to reassess."
"Reassess about what? We're not guilty of anything!" She stabbed a finger in my brother's direction, who didn't even flinch. "You can show them the footage. Grace left the house alone."
Nilingon ako ng kapatid ko at tinanguhan ako. Ipinatong ko sa lamesa ang folder na hawak ko at iniharap ko iyon sa kanila. Both Daze's parents made a noise of disgust when they saw the picture of Grace Abadiño's body, which was in the process of advanced decomposition.
"She left the house alone, and that can be proven. You're correct about that," I said, speaking for the first time. "If you left it at that, it would have been a little less difficult to defend yourselves. However, you panicked. You thought that the authorities might check the travel mug you gave Grace before she left with her car and find something in there. It's highly unlikely that she'll poison herself while driving. It will look odd. So you looked for her and found her in the middle of nowhere. She was already dead. You took the mug and pushed the car into the water."
Florence Henderson's face was full of indignation. "Poisoned? Don't be ridiculous. She probably crashed her car. Look at the state of the car. She was running because she stole a lot from us."
"And yet not one of those that she supposedly stole was found in the car with her." Nilingon ko sandali ang lawyer ng babae na mariing napapikit. None of them is prepared for this. He had no time to brief his clients because, before they arrived, Grace Abadiño was still in the water.
