Eliana, still clinging to Declan’s arm, also softly shook her head.
“I haven’t met her either.”
“Very well. Let’s involve the police then.”
Bryson’s words, seemingly casual but deeply consequential, hit Sadie like a freight train.
ALL she had done was spill red wine on the insufferable Hannah. Why the urgency to call the police?
Having experienced a stint in jail before, the mere mention of police rattled Sadie.
Before she could voice her concerns, however, the waitress preemptively made her plea.
“Don’t involve the police, please! I can’t afford a criminal record!
It was Miss Edwards who put me up to it. I was truly unaware! I just did what I was told!”
Sadie’s eyes grew large.
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“Are you accusing me? I merely spilled wine on Hannah! Don’t point fingers without proof!”
“You’re the one who handed me ten thousand dollars, telling me to step aside when I see a man walking toward the dressing room!”
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Tears flooded Sadie’s face for the first time she’d been accused of something she didn’t commit. She lunged, aiming to slap the waitress, and screamed, “I didn’t do that! You’re fabricating this!”
Security intervened, halting Sadie’s advance.
She then shot a glare at Hannah, her eyes ablaze with malice.
“It’s you, isn’t it, Hannah? You’re blaming your own wrongdoings on me!
You’re still bitter about my brother divorcing you. You are not satisfied with me getting detained. Now you want to set me up at this banquet too? How low can you go!”
Hannah let out a soft laugh, her gaze icy as it met Sadie’s.
“You’re the one who spread vile rumors about me in school, inviting the police into your own mess. How is that my fault?”
At Hannah’s signal, the butler displayed the security footage for all to see.
“You intentionally spilled that wine, sending me off to change. Then this waitress conveniently allows a stranger into the changing room and accuses you. Interesting, isn’t it?”
The video footage unmistakably displayed Sadie purposefully ruining Hannah’s dress.
A second video revealed Hannah having no conversation with the waitress on their way to the changing room, making it obvious that the man’s intrusion was preplanned.
Even Declan, although hesitant, found doubt clouding his vision as he looked at Sadie.