Chapter 284 Bernard, I Am Framed!
Scarlett, tears welling up, looked at her brother. "Bernard, I just gave him a tip. What's wrong with that?"
Bernard frowned. "Just a tip?"
Scarlett nodded. "Yeah! I asked him about the light dishes here, and he explained them to me for a long time. I didn't order anything, so I felt bad and tipped him."
Katherine smirked. "Miss Mitchell said Mr. Bobby suggested not ordering too much to avoid waste. Now you're saying he spent a long time explaining dishes? And why sneak the tip to him if it was just for service?"
Scarlett ignored Katherine's attempt to expose her and quickly explained, "Bernard, I didn't think it was wrong. I did it discreetly to avoid conflict with his colleagues."
Bernard squinted, finding it hard to believe Scarlett could be so cunning.
Katherine snorted. "Mr. Mitchell, if you believe her, I have nothing more to say! Call the police!"
Bernard frowned and turned to Bobby, who looked anxious. "You tell me! What did you two talk about, and what did she give you?"
Bobby was about to follow Scarlett's lead when Katherine tilted her head and smiled. "Bobby, this is your last chance to tell the truth. If you lie again, Mr. Mitchell will call the police to investigate who really hurt his nephew."
Bobby shuddered. Seeing the situation get worse, he was really scared. He just wanted to make some extra money but got caught in a mess.
Under pressure, Bobby hesitated and decided to tell the truth. "Miss Mitchell called me over."
Bernard's eyes narrowed. "For what?"
Bobby glanced at Scarlett, who was staring at him, clearly warning him not to speak out.
What to do? Scarlett had something on him!
Before this, Miss Mitchell had come with friends for a meal. She caught him taking a customer's phone from a blind spot in the surveillance and recorded it.
Today, she used that incident and the lure of money to pressure him into scalding the child and framing another lady, Ms. Galatea, who was with her.
He initially refused to hurt an innocent child, but Miss Mitchell threatened to report him for stealing the phone.
If the boss found out, he'd be fired!
This job was hard to come by, and with Miss Mitchell's monetary temptation, he finally agreed!
When it came time to pour the hot water, he hesitated. Seeing the innocent, cute child, his hand shook, and he couldn't hold the kettle steady!
Luckily, Ms. Galatea stepped in just in time, or the child would've been seriously burned!
Terrified, he fled immediately.
Compared to this mess, stealing the customer's phone seemed like nothing now!
Bernard noticed the eye contact between Bobby and Scarlett, his brow furrowing deeply. He ordered Bobby sternly, "Don't look at her. Tell me the truth! What did she say to you at the restroom door?"
Intimidated by Bernard's strong presence and his guilty conscience, Bobby couldn't hide anything. "She... she told me to find a chance to slightly scald her child and then blame it on Ms. Galatea, saying it was Ms. Galatea who grabbed the kettle and did it. Then she would give me ten thousand dollars! At the restroom door, she first gave me a thousand dollars as a deposit. That's what happened."
Bernard, usually calm, was shocked to the core. He took a step back in disbelief!
Scarlett! His innocent, kind-hearted sister capable of such a vicious, cold-blooded plan—willing to have her child scalded just to frame her rival.
Even if the child wasn't hers, it was still an innocent life; how could she bear it?
Tears streamed down Scarlett's face as she shook her head. "No, it's not true, he's lying."
Bernard, with a look of rage, stared at Scarlett. "Scarlett, how could you? Charles is not even a year old!"
Scarlett, crying, shook her head vigorously. "Bernard, it's not like that; he's lying! Charles is my son. I love him so much. How could I deliberately have someone scald him? Bobby suddenly changed his story. It's very suspicious. He must have been bribed by Katherine. They are working together to frame me!"
She glared angrily at Bobby. "You! Why are you slandering me? What evidence do you have? Did Katherine pay you to say this?"
Bobby, having had a change of heart, no longer wanted to cooperate with her. He looked at Scarlett in disbelief. "Miss Mitchell, why don't you come clean? You were the one who asked me to scald your child and transferred the money to me. I have never had any contact with Ms. Galatea!"
Scarlett, with red eyes, glared at him. "Where are the chat records? Where are the transfer records? You have no evidence. How can you accuse me? At least show some proof!"
Bobby was stunned, frowning. "I don't have any evidence. After you transferred the money to me, you kept telling me to block you and delete all the records!"
"No evidence, no chat records, no transfer records. You're clearly framing me!" Full of grievance, Scarlett threw herself into Bernard's arms, crying pitifully. "Bernard, they are conspiring to smear me! I love Charles so much. How could I do something so heartless as to have someone scald my child!"
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