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As Ellie approached, Haley screamed and fell to the ground, and the hem of her coat conveniently covered the collarbone
chain
Noticing that Alex’s gaze was fixed on Ellie, Haley quickly hid the collarbone chain on the ground and pulled off her necklace, tossing it to the same spot.
“Move aside!” Ellie’s view was blocked by Evelyn, and she forcefully pushed her aside.
Bending over to pick up the broken necklace from the ground, Elie frowned deeply,
She hadn’t seen it clearly from a distance just now, but it seemed like it wasn’t the right one.
Seeing Haley’s left hand always in her coat pocket, Ellie stepped forward, grabbed Haley’s arm, and reached into her pocket.
The next moment, she pulled out a diamond ring from Haley’s Hocket
Staring at the item in her hand, Ellie’s mind raced as she tried to remember if she had missed any details.
Haley exchanged a look with Evelyn. Before Ellie could respond, Haley grabbed the broken necklace and engagement ring from Ellie’s hand.
She said, “Ellie, I know you haven’t gotten over Alex. Even if you’re envious of me, you can’t just take my engagement ring in front of him. That’s too much!”
Ellie was briefly confused, trying hard to piece together in her mind the necklace she initially saw on the ground, ignoring Haley.
Seeing Ellie’s unusual demeanor, Alex discreetly positioned himself in front of her and asked Evelyn, “What did you say you wanted to return to me?”
Evelyn realized what was happening and quickly took the broken necklace from Haley’s hand, handing it to Alex.
She said. “Alex, I heard from Haley that you’ve given her a lot of expensive jewelry while you were together. I’m here to return these to you. As long as you’re sincere with our Haley, we won’t ask for anything else.
Haley secretly breathed a sigh of relief, noticing Evelyn’s quick action.
Ellie closely watched Haley’s reactions, noticing she was fiddling with the edge of her coat, her eyes narrowing gradually.
Taking the opportunity while Haley was distracted, Ellie reached out to pull on Haley’s coat.
As soon as her hand touched the corner of Haley’s coat, Haley suddenly clutched her chest with both hands and fell to the ground. ‘Alex, I can barely breathe. I feel so bad!”
Ellie watched as Alex and Evelyn rushed anxiously to Haley’s side. Fixing her eyes on the spor Haley was clutching, she said, I’m a doctor. Let me take a look.”
“Stay away from me!” Evelyn reached out to push Ellie away, but Alex stopped her with a sudden chilling gaze.
Seeing Ellie becoming suspicious, Haley shimmied closer to Ales, “Alex, I don’t want her to examine me. She hates ΠΕ and wants revenge; she wants to kill me. I’m really scared”
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Ellie tugged at the edge of Haley’s coat, while Haley desperately clasped her arms around her chest to protect it.
The more Haley resisted, the more determined Ellie was to find out the truth.
Just as the two were in a tense struggle, Evelyn rushed forward frantically, trying to pull Ellie away.
“It’s all your fault. If you hadn’t tried to seduce my daughter’s fiancé, she wouldn’t be so depressed. She treated you as her best friend, like a sister to Alex, yet you shamelessly hurt my daughter,” she accused
Evelyn warned. “My daughter has already tried to harm herself twice. If anything happens to her again, I won’t let you off
the hook!”
As soon as Evelyn finished speaking, Alex lifted Haley and headed towards the luxurious car parked nearby.
Ellie stood up, watching as Alex carried Haley away, then turned towards the entrance and went inside.
Alex placed Haley in the car, then instinctively turned to look at Ellie.
Watching Ellie walk through the entrance without looking back, his eyes flickered with uncertainty.
Seeing Alex standing at the car door, unable to take his eyes off Ellie’s departing figure, Haley cried while pulling on Alex, saying. “Alex, am I about to die? Can you go with me to the hospital
“Don’t worry. I’ll go with you to the hospital.” Alex said as he finally looked away and got into the car.
Back in her room, Ellie felt more and more that something was off.
Years ago, after saving that person, her father lost a leg. She had always kept that collarbone chain at the bottom of a box. never taking it out to look at it.
Once, when Haley
playing in her room, she accidentally opened the box and saw the collarbone chain.
She offered the chain to Haley, but at that time, Haley didn’t accept it at all. Later on, the collarbone chain mysteriously vanished
Seeing that collarbone chain always reminded her of her father lost leg, filling her with overwhelming guilt and sadness,
That’s why she never made an effort to find it again and didn’t want to see it anymore!
Today, she must have been mistaken. She thought. How can Haley have my necklace? If Haley truly wanted it, she would have taken it when I gave it to her at first.
Shaking off the annoying thoughts, Ellie tidied up and went out
Alex could do any kind of crazy thing for Haley. She was really worried about Aaron’s situation.
Sitting on the steps by the fountain in the city center plaza, Ellic and Aaron watched the busy crowd.
Ellie looked at her brother Aaron with concern. “Aaron, does it have to be you handling this case?”
Aaron ruffled Ellie’s hair to reassure her, “This case is too important. There was not only Ethan in the car at the time but also a wealthy kid from Jinerity. So far, three people have died, five are seriously injured, and five have minor injuries.”
Ellie knew Aaron was an honest person, but she was really worried. “Aaron, can’t this case be given to someone else?”
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Aaron said, “Ellie, do you know? Among the injured is a high school senior who was helping his parents with their stall after evening classes. He saw his father get hit and killed instantly.
“His father was holding some spicy braised food from the stall next door, which was the boy’s favorite. I heard this summer the boy is set to take his college entrance exams, but his mom is badly injured and still in the hospital…
Aaron said, “For ordinary people, the law is their last line of defense, their last hope. I would rather lose my job than lose my
belief
Ellie looked at Aaron, so choked up she couldn’t say a word.
Morality has always been a tool to control the poor, while the law is what keeps the wealthy in check
If no
no one holds this bottom line, imagine how chaotic the world would be.
“It’s getting late. Let me drive you home.” Aaron said as he checked the time, then led Ellie towards the road.
“Ms. Grant,” Ellie saw Diana, who was clearly drunk, standing by the roadside and quickly went over to her.
The October weather was neither hot nor cold. Diana was wearing a crop top and shorts and was swaying as she leaned against the car door, clearly drunk..
Ellie said, “Aaron, you should take Ms. Grant home. It’s not safe for her to get a cab like this.”
Aaron asked Diana with a serious look. “Where are your car keys
“Here.” Diana pointed to the pocket at the back of her shorts. Then she hopped in front of Aaron, turned around, and stuck out her backside.
Aaron lost his words for a while.
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