Chapter 898

Realizing what she was implying, her voice died in her throat.

Juliet, too, slowly put the pieces together, her brow furrowing as she looked at Yolanda.

Yolanda’s back was drenched in cold sweat. Meeting Mrs. Lockwood’s gaze, she forced a stiff, resentful smile. “Mom! Are you really going to believe their nonsense? They’re lying! They’re trying to drive us apart p>

Anastasia snorted. “Juliet, think back carefully. What exactly happened that day p>

Juliet realized that Yolanda must have lied about something in order to be adopted by the Lockwood family.

For a moment, her soft-hearted nature resurfaced. They had been childhood friends, after all. And as terrible as Yolanda had been, she didn’t deserve to lose her family p>

But as soon as Anastasia spoke, that flicker of pity vanished. “At the time, Letitia… Yolanda and I snuck away from my parents to buy ice cream,” she began. “We got lost and ran into Mrs. Lockwood… and a boy p>

“They were badly injured. I went forward to stop the bleeding, but Letitia was

terrified of the blood and stayed back. After I managed to control the bleeding, I was going to go for help or call the police, but Mrs. Lockwood passed out from blood loss. I was scared something would happen, so I didn’t dare leave. I told Letitia to go instead p>

“Letitia was gone for a long time, but thankfully she called for help quickly, and the police arrived soon after. I watched Mrs. Lockwood and the boy get put into an ambulance, and then I left because I was worried my parents would be looking for me. Later, we realized Letitia was lost outside. Our whole family was worried, and we had to call the police to find her. It took a while before she was found p>

Anastasia added coolly, “You’re mistaken. What ‘called for help quickly’? Yolanda never called for help at all p>

She couldn’t investigate what happened inside the alley, but it wasn’t hard to trace Yolanda’s movements after she ran out.

“She was scared. She ran out of the alley and went straight back to the hotel. She was probably afraid that if you were killed by the attacker, she’d be blamed, so she hid in a corner outside the hotel until the police found her.

“Afterward, Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood found an emblem from the Fairhaven orphanage

near the alley and followed the clue to Haven House p>

“Coincidentally, during that time,

Mrs. Lockwood had just had eye surgery, so she couldn’t see the face

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of her rescuer clearly. And Marcus had a head injury and woke up in the hospital with amnesia, so he couldn’t identify anyone either. When they arrived at the orphanage, you happened to be sick at home and weren’t at Haven House. Yolanda seized the opportunity, claimed the credit, and was taken in by the Lockwood family p>

“To prevent the truth from ever coming out, she then cut off all contact with the orphanage p>

“And after that, Mrs. Lockwood even used this stolen ‘debt of gratitude to

successfully arrange an

engagement with the Jackson family p>

Her sharp, mocking gaze landed on Yolanda. “—Not a single word of that was

wrong, was it, Ms. Lockwood p>

Yolanda’s mind went blank. Her lips trembled, but no words came out.

She said it… Anastasia had revealed everything!