“Chris!” I quickly checked on him. Christopher was already weakened back then, and Monica spiked his meds to keep him weak? He was even puking up blood left and right!
“How do you feel? Are you hurt?” I was on the verge of tears. Does Monica really love Christopher? If she really loves him, why did she hurt him so badly?
“I’m fine. Got all of it out of my system already.” Christopher patted my hand, his gaze gentle. A moment later, that tenderness was replaced by a fiery ferocity that targeted Monica.
“You thought nobody realized your little trick, but you forgot one thing. I used to be in the special forces. I was trained to recognize and resist the very kind of drug you spiked my meds with. I knew something was wrong with the meds the moment I woke up.”
“Chris!” Monica didn’t struggle anymore, for she was already breaking down, but there was one last hope for her—Julia. “Julia…”
Julia had been keeping her silent ever since Christopher started exposing Monica. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing, but she had to accept it. When Monica called out to her, she finally looked up, but she wasn’t struggling to pick a side anymore. This time, she was calm and determined.
“Fine. Let’s make things clear once and for all. Why did you spike Chris’ meds, Monica? I want a reason.”
“I…” Julia’s sudden interrogation caught Monica by surprise. Monica kept stammering, but she couldn’t even make a coherent sentence.
Apparently, Monica had forgotten that Julia was Christopher’s mother. She could let Monica get away with a lot of things, but she would never allow Monica to hurt her son. That was the line Monica should never cross.
Julia was already starting to get annoyed with Monica after the problem with the meds last time. With the truth out of the bag, Monica might have finally erased the last bit of guilt the Lanes had for the Martins.
“That’s not all. You spiked Eve’s meds too, making it look like she has brain cancer so the doctor would make a false report. I mean, it’s your family’s hospital anyway, so you’re the boss. I bet all the medical staff was just following your orders.
“You knew Eve would fall into despair in the face of imminent death, so you bade your time after the report was out. Once the opportunity presented itself, you persuaded Eve to leave me, making her believe that’s the only way I can be happy.”
“What? She masterminded the fake diagnosis as well?” The news was as much as a bombshell as Jetroina’s destruction to me. I could still remember the day I broke away from Christopher. My heart broke into a million pieces, and whenever I thought of it, it was still very painful.
I thought it was my health problem. I thought the doctor made a wrong diagnosis because I contracted some virus that made my condition look like brain cancer. But now you’re telling me that was all just Monica’s plan? Oh my god, this woman is scary.
I realized she was ten times scarier than I first thought she was. She even came up with such an elaborate plan that managed to fool everyone without batting an eye. All because she wanted me to leave Christopher.
“Tell me the truth, Monica. I want to hear it from you.” Julia glanced at me before slowly moving toward the left side of the room. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, then she waved her hand. Her assistant went over to pass her a cigarette and lighter. At that point, I knew Julia was fully calm and collected, unlike how she was earlier.
Monica was looking more and more fearful with every passing moment, but she suddenly buried her face in her hands and cackled like a maniac. “Julia, Chris has told you everything. What more can I say? He knows everything I did. I don’t think I could have said it better myself.”
“So you confess? Why then?” Julia put her cigarette out, staring at Monica quietly. I knew Julia was having a hard time processing the truth since this must be very shocking to her as well.
“What do you mean why?” Monica was still laughing, but she was wiping the tears that streamed down her cheeks. “I knew something was up between the two of them back at Mr. Lane’s birthday party, so I tailed Chris during the fireworks display. Eventually, I found out he was meeting Yvonne on the ship in secret.”
