Chapter 1232
Over the years, Amelia had been silent and did not like to stand out. But this time, she stood up in front of the police and the crowd of media with her pregnant belly, saying in a firm voice, “If there is any legal
responsibility in the end, I’m willing to bear it, but before that, I hope you can give my friend, Riley, a fair diagnosis to determine if she is ill and if the Summer family, who are supposed to be her relatives, are treating her well!”
Amelia’s words were so straightforward that it was a direct accusation against the Summer family. Suddenly, those cameras and lenses focused on Harriet again.
“Excuse me, is Riley actually suffering from mental illness?”
“What do you think of what the other party is saying now?”
“In the video, Riley seems to be missing a finger on her right hand. Her fingers should have been intact before she was sent to the psychiatric hospital, according to my recollection. How did she lose it?” inquired a keen-eyed reporter. Back then, the news of Riley’s admission to a psychiatric hospital caused a sensation, and many reporters remembered
The onslaught of these aggressive questions made Harriet feel uneasy. But on the outside, she remained calm, saying to the reporters in front of her, “If there’s no movement in this video, and the person who shot this video says some self-righteous words, and you call them evidence, all I’m going to say is, I will definitely use the legal system to prosecute those who slander me!”
After saying that, Harriet turned to Vincent once more. “Is the police really going to allow such a slanderer to slander the Summer family here? My elder sister is inside, but the police are still here doing nothing.”
Vincent looked at the crowd of media present. “If we waited until the end of this video, and something happened to Riley at that time, the police would be accused yet again. What matters most now is to get Riley out first,” he thought.
Hence, Vincent instructed his team of police officers, and just as they were about to break through the human barrier and enter, there was a sudden burst of exclamations from the reporters, followed by more exclamations.
At that moment, Riley had raised her head in the video. Her initially dull eyes held a faint glimmer because she saw some hope!
And from her lips came these words in a scratchy voice, “Save… me…”
At this moment, anyone would think she was sane as she did not seem mentally ill at all, and that “save me” was her last cry with all her strength!
“No way. Did the Summer family really force a normal person to stay in a psychiatric hospital?”
“Back then, when Riley was sent to the psychiatric hospital, there were talks that the Summer family did it to seize her shares in the company.”
“But aren’t the Summer family her relatives?”
“Humans will die for riches, just as birds will for food. Even if they are relatives, they can’t withstand the lure of wealth. Moreover, Riley’s biological mother has long passed away. Harriet Summer, the current second daughter of the Summer family doesn’t share a mother with her.”
There were constant whispers around, and Harriet’s expression was getting fouler by the minute.
Even though the video had finished playing, the computer expert had deliberately paused it at the moment when Riley looked up and uttered, “Save me.” Her eyes, which carried intense agony and torture but also a sliver of hope, were enough to move many people.
Harriet suddenly raised her voice. “Captain Wendell, how long do you plan to stare at it? I’m taking my sister away now!”
“But…” At that moment, even Vincent began to believe that Riley was not mentally ill.
“No buts. I’m my sister’s guardian, and now that she has been maliciously kidnapped, I want to save her! My sister was diagnosed with mental illness by experts in the city. What right do others have to say it isn’t a mental illness, and it becomes the truth? If anything happens, who will be responsible?” Harriet shouted sternly.
Just when Vincent was about to lead his men into the room where the doctor was diagnosing Riley, a voice suddenly sounded. “No need. Let the doctor in there finish diagnosing Riley!”
“What?” Harriet was shocked and stared at the person beside her in disbelief. It was Zephyr, her husband.
The people around were also stunned.
“Zephyr, what are you talking about? We should take Riley away now and end this farce!” Harriet said in a low voice.
However, at this moment, Zephyr was looking straight at the huge electronic screen, staring at Riley’s eyes.
Even though her eyes seemed immersed in heavy suffering, there was still a trace of expectation… and a last trace of trust.
He could tell Riley shouted “Save me” because she trusted him, unlike the day he went to see her in the hospital. At that time, apart from painful numbness, there was only hatred left in her gaze.
“I know exactly what I’m talking about. I also want to know her current mental condition,” Zephyr replied.
Harriet’s heart skipped a beat, and a chill suddenly spread throughout her body.
“He… He still didn’t let Riley go in his heart! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said such a thing right now! If Riley is diagnosed as sane, does he know the position the Summer family will be put in? And what position will I be put in?” Harriet thought.
However, at this moment, in front of so many people and with so many reporters present, she could only maintain her exterior calmness. She chuckled dryly and said, “Isn’t there her attending physician to determine her mental condition? I’ll get Riley’s attending physician to show you her medical records for these past years. Zephyr, I don’t want this farce to continue!”
Zephyr’s gaze finally fell on Harriet, but his gaze made her heart sink even further.
“Yes. Maybe it’s time to end this farce,” he said.
Harriet’s hands and feet were cold. “His… His words seemed to be alluding to something. Could it be that he has noticed something?” she wondered.
Harriet wanted to whisper a few more words to Zephyr, but his eyes had already shifted away from her to the nearby Vincent. “Captain Wendell, let’s wait here until the diagnosis is complete.”
“Okay, okay!” Vincent said repeatedly.
That was what he wished for.
After all, both sides had their respective reasons, and with so many news media on the scene, it was not easy to deal with this matter.
