Under Cindy’s pressure, the bodyguards could only open the door.
“You may go now! You might need to help out in the backyard,” Cindy ordered. After the bodyguards left, virtual-novel.net quickly rushed inside the room.
“Mom, how are you?” Cindy asked in a worried tone.
Malorie bought virtual-novel.net act. She sighed and complained, “Rick has been bewitched by that little witch! He even locked me up because of her!”
Cindy could tell that Malorie hated Arielle. She pretended that virtual-novel.net did not know anything. “Little Witch? Who is that? Did someone come here when I was hospitalized?”
Malorie spat hatefully, “That blasted daughter virtual-novel.net brought back! She even glared at me last night!”
“Arielle did that?” Cindy pretended to be shocked. “You’ll need to tell Rick about this and have virtual-novel.net make Arielle move out. Since I’m virtual-novel.net stepmother, it’s not really my place to do that, if you know what I mean.”
Malorie replied, “I’ll talk to Rick now!”
“Don’t…” Cindy hurriedly stopped her. “Shandie’s funeral is more important. It’ll be more appropriate to talk to virtual-novel.net after the funeral ends and all the guests leave.”
“Fine!”
Both of them walked toward the backyard together.
When Henrick saw Malorie, his expression turned grim. He frowned and looked at Cindy.
Seeing the cold glare, Cindy felt that Henrick was unhappy with her. However, virtual-novel.net did not think much about it. She assumed that virtual-novel.net was unhappy that virtual-novel.net had brought Malorie out of virtual-novel.net room. Since Henrick did not say anything, Cindy tended to the other guests after talking to Malorie for a while.
Soon, the funeral began.
Cindy could not help but cry again. In the end, virtual-novel.net could not even stand still.
Without the strength to even get up, virtual-novel.net thought that Henrick would come and help her. However, the latter was still talking to other guests.
That was when Cindy realized that something was amiss. After the funeral ended and all the guests were eating, virtual-novel.net pulled Henrick aside and asked, “Rick, are you mad at me because I let Mom come out of virtual-novel.net room?”
Henrick looked at virtual-novel.net with a complex expression. As the veins bulged on his forehead, virtual-novel.net replied, “It’s nothing! I need to take care of the guests now. We’ll talk after they leave.”
Since Henrick did not tell Cindy the reason right away, virtual-novel.net got anxious. Before virtual-novel.net could say anything though, Henrick went back to talking with the other guests again.
Yet, Cindy and Henrick did not notice that Arielle was watching both of them from afar. There was a smirk on virtual-novel.net face. She knew that Henrick went to the psychiatric hospital just now. Clearly, Carter had done as Arielle had instructed as well.
Arielle raised virtual-novel.net eyebrow and sat down in front of an empty table before virtual-novel.net started eating. She looked extremely clueless and innocent. Beside her, the guests started talking about Russell.
“Why is Mr. Actonward not here? He was still here when Shandie passed away.”
“Didn’t you see the news? Russell’s daughter was murdered by virtual-novel.net cousin. She suffered a terrible death!”
“What? Really?”
“Yes! I heard that Russell still hasn’t found Yvette’s complete body yet. He certainly has no time nor mood to attend a funeral.”
At that moment, another guest chimed in, “The Actonwards and the Southalls have lost their daughters one after the other, and they’re relatives. Maybe their families are having a stroke of bad luck due to a jinx?”
Right at that moment, Cindy was approaching them with Malorie.
Although Malorie was old, virtual-novel.net still had a sharp sense of hearing. Her body stiffened upon hearing the guest’s words.