Sarah confirmed repeatedly, "Is Charlotte's mother named Samantha?"
The principal took out her phone, pulled up the information, and nodded. "Yes, Charlotte's mother is indeed named Samantha."
Sarah's expression became even more unpleasant, her mood more complex than ever. "When was Elliot taken back by Charlotte's mother? Why is he at Charlotte's house?"
The principal recounted the whole story truthfully.
"Poor Elliot, when he first transferred to our school, he was withdrawn and ignored everyone, always sitting alone in the corner. Later, the teachers found signs of abuse on him. Through investigation, they found out that he had no mother since he was little, and his father was often drunk and abusive due to gambling. It's not easy for him to survive till now."
Thinking that Sarah had donated a scholarship to Elliot, she must care about him and be a kind-hearted person. Therefore, she didn't hide anything and told Sarah the truth about Elliot's situation.
Perhaps Sarah felt sorry for Elliot and adopted him, which could be considered a good deed for Elliot.
After all, the Miller family was a prestigious family in the capital city. When Elliot went there, he would surely live a comfortable life.
Little did she know, her words stirred up a storm in Sarah's heart.
"What did you say? Elliot was often abused?"
There was a hint of gritted teeth in her voice.
The principal, thinking that she sympathized with Elliot, nodded. "Yes! His body is covered in bruises, all purple and blue. Since he's been with Charlotte's mother recently, his injuries have slowly healed. Speaking of which, he's quite lucky to have met such a kind-hearted person like Charlotte's mother. Otherwise..."
Here, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, "Otherwise, he would probably have been sent to an orphanage by now! Dependent on his father who died, he wouldn't know what to do in the future! It's really pitiful."
Sarah's heart ached. It felt like there was a lump of cotton stuck in her chest, making it hard to breathe, extremely uncomfortable.
Suddenly, she felt that it was good that Rex was dead.
Her precious daughter's actions were right.
If Rex hadn't died, she didn't know what would have become of her grandson.
With this thought, she took out another check for a million and handed it to the principal. "This is for improving the children's diet. They are growing up, so let them eat better."
The principal didn't expect her to be so generous, so she accepted it with gratitude and thanked her repeatedly. "On behalf of the children, thank you, Mrs. Miller."
Sarah didn't say anything, her eyes moist as she looked at Elliot, clutching her handbag tightly.
For a moment, she really wanted to take Elliot home.
However, if she took him back, all the lies would be exposed.
They had schemed for four years, finally gaining everything they had now. They absolutely couldn't risk losing it all because of a bastard child.
With this thought, she had to harden her heart and decisively turned around, walking away without looking back.
Elliot, who was in class, suddenly saw a figure outside the window.
He looked up and saw the principal and a strange woman walking away.
He looked at the unfamiliar figure, frowned slightly, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen her.
After thinking for a while and failing to remember, he turned back and continued his class.
...
Emperor Group.
Suzy was brought to the CEO's office by Jade.
Looking at this luxuriously decorated office, Suzy's face revealed longing.
Soon, she would be the mistress of this office. The boss of the entire Emperor Group.
At the thought, Suzy's excited blood trembled, rushing towards Ethan like a butterfly.
"Ethan, did you call for me..."
Just as she was about to touch Ethan, he cast a cold glance, frightening her into stopping her steps, lowering her head in grievance, and pitifully calling out, "Ethan..."
Ethan looked at her coldly, his eyes devoid of any warmth.
"On June 12th in the afternoon, were you with Samantha the whole time?"
Suzy didn't expect him to specially summon her for this matter, all her joy swept away, leaving only jealousy.
"No, I wasn't with Samantha that afternoon! You should know, she and I can't stand each other, how could we possibly spend an afternoon together? That's absolutely impossible."
Ethan narrowed his icy eyes.
"Then where were you that afternoon?"
Suzy deliberately tilted her head, 'seriously' pondered for a moment, then uncertainly said, "I think I was sleeping at home that afternoon. I wasn't feeling well those days, always feeling dizzy, so I didn't go out, just stayed at home."
Ethan's lips curled up, a smirk playing on his face as he asked, "At home?"
Ignoring his questioning tone, Suzy pretended to be innocent and said, "Our servants at home can testify. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."
The arc of Ethan's lips deepened, his eyes cold as ice.
"Suzy, you should know, I hate being lied to."
Suzy remained composed. "I know! That's why I didn't lie. I told the truth."
Before she could finish speaking, Ethan sharply interrupted her.
"Shut up!"
Suzy immediately covered her mouth and fell silent.
Ethan's lips parted slightly, impatiently uttering a word, "Get out..."
Suzy looked crestfallen. "Et..."
Another word sprung from Ethan's mouth, "Get out..."
Suzy dared not linger any longer and fled.
While waiting for the elevator, her phone rang from her bag.
It was an unknown number.
She answered the call, deliberately lowering her voice, "What's the matter?"
A hoarse male voice came from the other end, "Miss Miller, your dashcam has been stolen."
"Heh... as expected..."
TING!
The elevator door opened.
She stepped in, covering the mouthpiece, and asked, "If I hire top IT talent, can they recover it? You should know, I don't want any accidents."
Fortunately, she had foresight.
She had deleted the records from the dashcam in advance.
Wanting to clear Samantha’s name through the dashcam.
How naive.
This time, she would ensure she'd never rise again.
The man assured her solemnly, "Miss Miller, please rest assured. Once something is deleted from our system, aside from myself, even the most elite tech experts in the world can't recover it."
"Good! I understand! I'll transfer the remaining payment to your account later."
After saying that, she hung up the phone, opened the banking app, and proceeded with a series of actions.
In the CEO's office.
Jade reported to Ethan, "I had someone retrieve Suzy's dashcam records and found out that someone had already accessed them before us."
Ethan raised a cold eyebrow.
Jade continued, "The one who accessed the dashcam records before us was Albert Davis."
A dark, cold light flashed in Ethan's eyes. "Albert?"
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