Mekhi directed his smile at the weeping woman.
“Do not worry, Mrs. Hernandez, the National Security Bureau has never wrongly convicted anyone before. We will investigate her crimes carefully, and I assure you that she will not be harmed in the interim.”
Seeing that her business here was done, Lucinda turned away and made to leave.
Just then, Brinleigh came rushing out of the villa. He was still limping from the beatings he had received from Sonny, though, and had to cling to the door for support and yell at her to stop.
“Lucinda, wait! Are you and Nathan really going to make an enemy of us? Can’t you let Melody go, if only for the sake of our childhood bond?”
Everyone turned to stare at Lucinda, their eyes filled with expectation.
She had stopped in her tracks, but she didn’t bother to look back.
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“Brinleigh,” she said, her voice cold and clear.
“Your sister deserves whatever punishment she gets. As her family, you are accountable for what happens to her. You have indulged her too much, leading her to think that she is above the law.”
She continued forward, but something else occurred to her, and she paused again. She whirled around and addressed Mekhi.
“If Melody really has a mental condition, then she should be sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. Her illness is no excuse for her to escape justice. Don’t you agree?”
“Of course.” Mekhi replied, the smile never leaving his face.
“My poor daughter Tricia gasped sharply and almost fainted.
Luckily, Santos was right there to keep her steady.
Lucinda wasn’t interested in sticking around and seeing all their hypocritical faces, so she hurried her pace to her car.
Just as she was about to start the engine, her phone rang.
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It was Aldric.
“Miss Simmons, the drug you provided has been tested through several rounds of tests, and we found no problems with it. If it is injected into Nathan’s system, his angina problem will be alleviated, and the other symptoms caused by the virus will also gradually fade.”
Lucinda was overjoyed to hear that.
“Great! I’ll be right there.”
She ended the call and dropped by N&L Fairy Land first.
Nathan was lounging on the sofa in his thick, black robe, reading a book.
Lucinda practically skipped through the door, pounced on him, and peppered his face with ki*ses.
“Go and change your clothes and come with me.”