Chapter 871 The Source Is Her
Sam quickly sent over several old videos.
The videos were grainy and low-resolution, but it was clear enough to distinguish the men from the women in them.
Sam also sent over some documents and screenshots of bank transfers.
"Ms. Medici, this is clearly a case of a homewrecker hiring a hitman. Nicole's mother was killed because of this person. Are you going to do something about it?"
Abella reviewed all the materials and finally understood what had happened.
It was Clara's birthday that day. Both families had planned to go to the amusement park together, but Nicole's family arrived first. Later, Clara's family got into a car accident, and Nicole's mom rushed over to help.
There was a truck lurking nearby, waiting for an opportunity, but there were too many bystanders to make a direct move.
If the incident became too big, the authorities would definitely investigate.
Later, the woman who accidentally hit Clara's family was terrified and guilt-ridden, and she wanted to take Clara's family to the hospital.
That was when the opportunity arose.
The truck suddenly changed lanes and sped up, crashing into them head-on. The woman driver had no time to react and was killed instantly.
Abella learned from the documents that the truck driver had a terminal illness. Someone offered him a million dollars to run people over. Because his family was poor and his illness had put them in debt, he decided to trade his life for money to give his family a better life.
The person who paid him to do it was Nicole's current stepmother, Alina.
She thought she had covered her tracks perfectly, but no plan was without flaws.
She had given the truck driver a hundred thousand dollars as a down payment, promising to transfer the remaining nine hundred thousand to his family's account after the job was done. But because the driver died on the spot, there was no proof, and his family waited for over a decade without receiving the rest of the money.
That was money the driver had traded his life for, but Alina refused to pay.
She knew that in such cases, they couldn't go to the police directly and had to endure it.
Fearing that Alina wouldn't keep her promise, the truck driver secretly saved all their correspondence and gave it to his family before he died.
Now, his family was seriously ill and urgently needed money, so the matter slowly came to light.
The documents indicated that Alina was already looking for a hitman to get rid of this family.
Abella was shocked to discover how malicious Alina was.
Although Nicole's mother didn't die on the spot, she was left paralyzed for life. Because Nicole was sent to an orphanage and Raymond was sold to a remote village, their mother couldn't find them and eventually died of illness.
And Nicole's subsequent misfortunes all stemmed from Alina!
If she hadn't hired a hitman, none of this would have happened!
At this moment, the Russel family was in the middle of a heated argument.
"You know that girl from QY, why won't you help your sister? It's just a word! How hard can it be?" Alina was fuming.
Katherine sat on the couch, tears in her eyes, looking as if she had been gravely wronged.
Nicole remained unmoved, her voice icy. "She plagiarized QY's designs. She made her bed, now she has to lie in it."
"It was just a coincidence!" Alina snapped. "Don't make it sound so bad."
"If you don't want it to sound bad, then don't plagiarize."
Katherine looked aggrieved, as if she had accidentally copied QY's designs and it wasn't intentional.
"Seventeen designs, with an 80-90% similarity. You call that a coincidence? If it was an accident, would QY be suing you?" Nicole didn't want to waste time with them. She had scarves to knit for her family before Easter. As she turned to go upstairs, Alina blocked her path.
"Honey, aren't you going to say something? Even if Katherine lost her inspiration and borrowed from QY's designs, accidentally going too far, they want thirty million dollars in compensation, not a penny less, and a public apology on social media. They're humiliating the Russel family!" Alina finished, glaring at Nicole with hatred. "All it takes is a word from her to get her friend to go easy on us. No money, no public humiliation, but she won't help! What kind of daughter wants to embarrass her parents?"
Nicole looked at her coldly. "I know what you're thinking. You're shameless, but I'm not like you."
"Honey, listen to her! I'm still an elder, and she talks to me like this! She's definitely in cahoots with them, trying to scam you out of your money and pocket it herself. Otherwise, why won't she help with something so simple?" Alina glared at Nicole, wishing she could kill her.
Chase, Nicole's father, had no choice but to speak gently to Alina. "You and Katherine were too much at the mall last time. You said her mom's been dead for so long, and it was a waste to buy flowers for the dead, then you stepped on her flowers. How could she not be angry? I saw the surveillance video. You and Katherine went too far!"
"But she said I wasn't her mom, just her stepmother, and that I had no right to discipline her..."
"Given your status, it's not appropriate..."
"What are you saying? I married you, you're her dad, so I'm her mom!"
"Well, my mom's in the grave. Do you want to join her?"
Nicole's words made Alina furious. "Honey, look at her!"
If Chase weren't there, she would have torn Nicole's mouth off!
Katherine chimed in, "Dad, I've worked hard running my store and haven't made thirty million dollars. Now I have to give all my hard-earned money to someone else, and publicly apologize. It's not just my reputation at stake. People know I'm your daughter, and you're the CEO of the Russel Group. Everyone's watching. Who will want to work with us after this? Dad, I'm thinking of you and our family."
"Look at your daughter. One thinks of you, the other wants to push you into the fire..." Alina added.
"The one pushing Dad into the fire is you. If you hadn't plagiarized, there'd be no need for compensation or apologies. You wouldn't be here crying and putting on a show. I'm done with this. You can keep acting." Nicole said, heading upstairs, not wanting to deal with them.
"Honey, look at her! She doesn't care about this family. She's changed after all these years outside!" Alina was furious. Next time Chase wasn't around, she would make sure to teach Nicole a lesson!
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