Chapter 1548
Even if the investigation revealed Tasha’s innocence in this particular scheme, the trail might still lead directly to Tamara.
If she could successfully uncover Tamara’s hidden machinations, holding some leverage, then Tasha’s threats would not intimidate her anymore.
A slow smile curved across Zaria’s lips.
Upstairs, in Elwood’s room…
After Tamara entered, she gently asked Elwood, “Elwood, how are you feeling now? Does your head still hurt?”
Elwood shook his head with quiet reassurance. “The agony has completely subsided now.”
“That’s good!” Tamara released a sigh of relief, her hand pressed against her chest as if to calm her racing heart.
Elwood lifted his gaze to study Tamara’s face, his eyes burning with intensity that seemed to pierce through her.
Just as Tamara prepared to question why he was examining her with such unsettling focus, Elwood’s voice cut through the silence with razor precision.
“Mother, I need you to tell me exactly who Carola truly is.”
The moment Elwood’s lips formed Carola’s name, Tamara’s entire demeanor changed.
Her eyes darted nervously, betraying the panic she fought to conceal. “She is no one important. You should focus on resting now, Elwood. Don’t allow your mind to become consumed with matters that hold no importance.”
But Elwood was not so easily fooled. He fixed Tamara with an unwavering stare that demanded honesty. “Then explain to me why the mere sound of that name sends excruciating pain shooting through my skull? This has happened twice now. Are you seriously suggesting that such a pattern stems from nothing more than random coincidence?”
Tamara’s teeth sank into her lower lip, her expression darkening.
She understood with perfect clarity that this moment demanded a response that would satisfy Elwood’s curiosity, or he would become consumed with the mystery and launch his own investigation into the truth.
She couldn’t let that happen.
Armed with this desperate knowledge, Tamara steeled herself and met Elwood’s penetrating gaze.
Tamara said, “Carola possesses a truly malevolent nature. She once committed an act so unforgivable against you that it carved permanent scars into your very soul. Before the amnesia mercifully clouded your memories, you harbored such intense hatred for her that her mere presence would send you into fits of rage.”
After a pause, she continued, “We should be grateful that your memory loss swept her completely from your mind. Yet perhaps because her wickedness ran so deeply through your experiences, some disturbing echoes still lurk in the shadows of your subconscious. That explains why simply hearing her name unleashes those excruciating headaches; it probably awakens those buried fragments of torment that refuse to stay completely dormant.”
At this critical juncture, Tamara found herself unable to suppress a heavy sigh.