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The jaws of all three dropped in astonishment.
"Jasper, it was 20 years ago. Where did you get the physical evidence from?" Alyssa grabbed Jasper's
hand.
Jasper turned his hand around and laced his fingers with hers. His voice was low and hoarse. "Do you
remember when I mentioned I was investigating the maid who used to serve my mother?"
Alyssa nodded.
"She might have had a premonition before disaster struck. Before something happened to Sophia, she
had intentions to escape. Xavier sent men over and managed to capture her. That's when I employed
some of my tricks."
Jasper took a deep breath and continued, "Out of massive fear and to protect her son, she said some
things that Sophia had never mentioned in the recording—the truth."
Jasper was a kind person. Given a choice, he wouldn't use someone's child to threaten or force his
way. He wouldn't become a monster who would use malicious ways to get what he wanted.
Alyssa believed that even if the maid's lips were sealed, Jasper wouldn't have done anything to her
son.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe couldn't go through with it. If he did, he would be no different from Jameson.
"Sophia killed my mother. Sophia poisoned her with her own hands," Jasper declared, his eyes
reddening. He struggled to suppress the hatred within him. His hand that held onto Alyssa turned as
cold as an iceberg.
"She poisoned her with her own hands?" Silas and Cyrus' faces stiffened.
Xavier's body swayed as if he had been struck hard by someone.
Alyssa's nose stung. She felt the air around her thinning. Her heart felt as if a huge rock was on top of
it.
If it were someone else, they would have gone ballistic. However, Jasper kept his cool. The calmer he
was, the more her heart ached.
"Jasper, what's going on?" Cyrus anxiously asked.
"The maid mentioned that she followed Sophia's orders to swap my mother's medication for
depression. However, she swapped the medication with supplements, so it wasn't lethal.
"During that time, Sophia probably realized my mother's relationship with Javier had improved and was
losing sleep over it. So, she swapped the normal supplement for a poison that was taken in small
amounts daily but can cause heart paralysis and death over time."
Tears welled up in Alyssa's eyes as her hand caressed his back lightly.
"How did the maid know everything in such great detail?" Out of occupational habit, Silas, the
prosecutor, was eager to know more.
"She saw it with her own eyes."
Jasper held Alyssa's hand securely. It was as if her touch was the only thing calming him down. "She
said she noticed something two days before my mother jumped off the building. After she swapped my
mother's medication, Sophia would slip in and change the medication again—unnoticed. The maid had
never brought it up or dared ask a word about it."
"This was because if your mother died of heart paralysis, then the maid who handled her medication
would be brought away for questioning." Alyssa's heart was pounding as she analyzed the situation
calmly.
She continued, "Then, it didn't matter how the maid tried to explain. She was the one responsible for
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmkeeping the medication. It was her who swapped it, and she had to take the fall for the crime."
"Though she mulled it over at that moment, being caught up in it left her with no option to turn away.
She could only tread this shady path." Jasper stopped briefly. His face was getting paler. "However,
something happened on the day of the incident.
"My mother wanted to take a walk in the garden. However, she realized she didn't have her camera
with her, so she returned to her room. Then, she ran into Sophia, who was swapping the medication."
Alyssa's heart sank.
Jasper looked down and nodded. "Yes. That maid hid outside the room and eavesdropped everything
that happened inside.
"However, her hands were not entirely clean from this. So, she was overly anxious during that time and
kept everyone at arm's length. She hadn't had a good night's sleep the entire time."
"Hmph! She can make up for her lost sleep in prison, then!" Cyrus gnashed his teeth.
"That maid said she couldn't see what happened inside. But she vaguely heard that my mother and
Sophia were in a heated argument.
"Since my mother joined the Beckett family, she had become an emotionally numb person. That was
the first time she expressed outrage. So, the maid was shocked to hear that."
"Then?" Alyssa stared at him, barely blinking.
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