Chapter 815 The Phoebe Group Needs Your Help
One sentence made the entire room fall silent.
Adeline stared in disbelief at the servant in front of her.
She looked at the servant kneeling on the ground, feeling as if her voice was coming from a very distant place, "Lucy Walsh, say that again... Who came here yesterday?"
The servant named Lucy Walsh lowered her head even further. "It was... Mr. Foster."
She bit her lip and steeled herself, "We all took Mr. Foster's bribe, so no one admitted it... Even the worker monitoring the cameras took a tip and deleted the footage of Mr. Foster's visit."
After speaking, she almost completely prostrated herself on the ground, taking out a bank card from her pocket and holding it out to Adeline with both hands. "Mr. Foster said this is a hundred thousand dollars... Each of us received a card."
Adeline stood there, almost unable to keep her balance.
The light above her became blinding, and her head throbbed with pain.
Seeing that Adeline didn't take the card from Lucy's hand, Daisy quickly walked over, stepping on Lucy's foot and snatching the card.
It was a black card with gold embossing, bearing a large "Foster."
It was a card used by the Foster Group to distribute bonuses to employees.
Daisy waved the card in her hand and laughed mockingly, "A Foster Group card, showing up here."
She then turned her cold gaze to the other kneeling servants, her voice icy, "You all have one, don't you? Take them out!"
The kneeling servants exchanged glances before reluctantly pulling cards from their pockets.
Oliver squinted angrily at the worker monitoring the cameras, "And you?"
After a moment of silence, the worker shakily took out a card from his pocket.
Like the servants', it was black with gold lettering that read "Foster."
Taking the card, Oliver kicked the worker to the ground in fury. "You'll take any money?"
"Did you delete the footage?"
The worker on the ground bit his lip and nodded silently.
"But..."
He struggled to get up, "I also backed up the original footage."
Saying this, he took out a portable hard drive from his pocket and connected it to the computer.
Soon, the footage of Jasper appearing at the room's door was displayed for everyone to see.
Adeline bit her lip, feeling weak as she took a few steps back and finally sat down in a corner chair.
How could this happen... She instinctively glanced at Zara, lying quietly on the bed, her heart feeling like it had been stabbed.
Zara's festering wounds seemed to have festered into her heart.
Daisy smirked, holding the collected cards in her hand, her eyes mocking as she looked at Adeline. "If I remember correctly, these cards are used by the Foster Group to give bonuses to employees, right?"
"Now, every staff member in your little courtyard has one... I never knew, Adeline, that your servants and bodyguards were all from the Foster Group."
Adeline bit her lip hard, feeling every cell in her body trembling!
"Looks like we've found the real culprit."
Brandon sighed dramatically, taking the pile of cards from Daisy and placing them on the table, "This is already over a million dollars. Jasper spent a lot to cover up his visit."
He then looked at Adeline and Oliver, "Now we have the footage and witnesses, and the timing of the ointment application on Mother's back is confirmed."
"Do you still refuse to believe that Jasper deliberately harmed Mother?"
Oliver squinted his eyes, remaining silent.
Adeline's head felt like it was splitting.
Lorenzo's words from earlier that evening echoed in her ears.
She closed her eyes, layers of despair washing over her.
From the moment she knew her mother was the one who harmed Mrs. Foster, she knew Jasper would never let it go.
But she never expected he would bribe everyone in her household and then harm her mother so viciously!
Bullying a sick person like this, he might as well have killed her with a single blow!
Oliver lowered his head and sighed slowly.
Seeing that Adeline and Oliver were speechless, Daisy was extremely pleased.
She sneered, "Good thing we found out about Mother’s situation tonight. If we hadn't..."
Daisy's gaze suddenly turned to Adeline. "You would be the sinner of our entire Phoebe family!"
"Mother was recovering well at the Phoebe Mansion, but you insisted on taking her to this backwater place to care for her!"
"Now look what happened!"
She squinted her eyes. "I'll go to Dad tomorrow and have him bring Mother back!"
"It's too unsafe here!"
"At least back at the Phoebe Mansion, every servant and guard is personally selected by me. I have a keen eye for people, unlike some."
Every word Daisy said felt like a slap to Adeline's face.
Her hands clenched into fists at her sides, unable to say a word.
Seeing Adeline's pale face, Daisy's satisfaction grew.
She sneered and continued, "Forget it, I won't wait until tomorrow. I'll call Dad right now..."
"Enough!"
Oliver, who had been silent, finally interrupted Daisy, "It's already past midnight. You know Dad was hospitalized for high blood pressure today. Calling him about this now, do you want him to die sooner?"
His words instantly deflated Daisy's arrogance.
She pursed her lips and put down her phone, "But..."
"Mother shouldn't stay here any longer, but we have to wait until her back heals before taking her back. Otherwise, do you think Dad can handle seeing her like this?"
Oliver sighed, "This is indeed Adeline's responsibility. Her people didn't protect Mother."
"But these people weren't chosen by Adeline; I chose them. If you want to mock someone, mock me."
Daisy pouted and fell silent.
The room fell silent again.
Brandon squinted, walked over, and pulled Daisy into his arms, "Alright, Daisy, I know you're upset about Mother’s injury, but Adeline didn't do it on purpose."
"She loved Jasper for so many years. How could she have known Jasper would be so ruthless to her mother?"
He glanced at Adeline's pale face. "But Adeline, I want to tell you, Jasper has always been ruthless."
"You only see the physical wounds on Mother, but the Phoebe Group and Torres Group have been torn apart by Jasper."
"The Phoebe Group is also something Mother fought to protect. If it goes bankrupt, it would be no different from her body rotting away."
He then took out a contract. "The Phoebe Group needs your help."
Adeline took the contract, her hands trembling violently.
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