Chapter 1326 What Did She Do to Her Own Daughter
Isabella freaked out and rushed over. She couldn't believe her handsome son ended up like this until she saw it with her own eyes. She grabbed his arm, and Everett winced in pain.
"Everett, what the hell happened?" Isabella looked down, panicking, and saw he was missing two fingers. Her eyes went wide, and she almost lost it. "Where are your fingers? Who did this? Declan, was it you?" She shoved Declan, who looked totally shocked.
Everett quickly stopped her. "Mom, it wasn't Dad. It was David. He captured me and cut off my fingers to threaten Dad."
"David?!" Isabella was stunned, her head pounding with disbelief. "No way!"
"What's no way? David, Olivia, and Robert are all in on this. You know why you've been so sick? Olivia messed with your food." Declan growled, finally losing it.
"Shut up! That's not true!" Isabella screamed, furious. "I'm fine. It's the drugs you gave me that messed me up."
Declan felt totally defeated and powerless.
Seeing Isabella's crazy and unreasonable behavior, Everett felt a mix of emotions. He never thought his family would fall apart like this while he was locked up.
"Mom, everything Dad said is true."
He grabbed her arm. "I'm your son, your real son. Don't you believe me? Look at my fingers. David cut them off himself. I watched him do it. You know why he captured me? Because I suspected Olivia, I went to Silverwood to dig into her past again. I found out we've all been played."
"Yeah, Olivia was kidnapped back then, but after the Brooks family found her, Robert and Helen treated her like a queen. They even kicked Cassie out. Olivia schemed to steal Cassie's boyfriend, Arthur. But she dumped him when he lost his power. She found a rich guy and was still sleeping around. Her rep in the Silverwood elite circle is trash."
"Robert and Helen went to jail because they were guilty. They weren't framed by Cassie; they really did kill Grandma, which is why the cops nabbed them."
"Mom, Olivia isn't your real daughter; she's Robert and Helen's kid. Cassie is your real daughter."
"When David captured me, I heard him say it himself. A few years ago, he went to Neya City, saw you, and noticed you looked like Cassie. He got suspicious and secretly investigated you. He planned to marry Cassie and bring her to find you, so he could become your son-in-law."
"But Cassie didn't like him at all. He tricked her into marrying him. Then he took her hair and gave it to Olivia, Cassie's enemy. Olivia took Cassie's hair to Neya City and showed up in front of me to get my attention."
Everett was drowning in regret and pain. "It's all on me. I asked the waiter to get Olivia's hair for a DNA test, but Olivia had already planted Cassie's hair all over the room—on the comb, the pillow, everywhere. That's why the DNA test showed you two were mother and daughter."
"No, this can't be true!" Isabella clutched her head, almost losing it. She thought in despair, 'Olivia isn't my real daughter; Cassie is. What have I done to my real daughter all this time? I hit her, called her a slut. I even ruined Joseph's company and let Olivia kidnap my own granddaughter. I was even seeking revenge for Olivia's death.'
"Mom, think about how calm and smart you used to be. Why have you become so paranoid and always fighting with Dad? You two rarely fought before. It's because Olivia drugged your food. Do you know why she did it? Because when you returned to Silverwood, you said it felt familiar and started remembering things. She was scared you'd regain your memory and remember that your daughter was Cassie, so she used those drugs to mess with you. But the side effects are brutal."
The more Isabella listened, the more shocked she got. What Everett said seemed vaguely familiar, but she couldn't quite grasp it. Her memory had been fuzzy lately, forgetting many details. She only remembered Declan betraying her, falling for Cassie, and despising her. These thoughts drove her mad, even wanting to kill Cassie and Declan. Suddenly, she felt terrified and hugged her head tightly.
"Mom, I bet David visited them when Robert and Helen were in jail. They must have cooked this up then."
Everett weakly grabbed Isabella. "Dad had suppressed David's company abroad, but you helped him. Robert and David are in this together. Now, the Hernandez Group and the Wit Group are both in David's hands. He plans to go after Mr. Jude tonight with Ralph's help. Once they control Madison, David can crush Cassie like an bug. He'll use your grandkids to torture Cassie. Only you can fix this mess now."
"That's right," Declan said urgently. "As long as you stop fighting me, we can handle the Wit Group's expansion overseas. David will take a major hit. Also, the equity distribution documents for the Hernandez Group haven't been processed yet. You can cancel the shares allocated to Robert, and David will be powerless."
"Is what you're saying true?" Isabella looked at them, dazed.
She couldn't believe it. All this time, she had been living in Robert and Helen's lie. She didn't want to accept that she had hurt her own daughter so badly. What right did she have to face Cassie?
"Mom, would I lie to you? Don't I know who cut off my fingers?" Everett shouted, his eyes red with frustration. "Do you know what kind of life I've been living? Locked in a dark cage, eating rotten food and drinking dirty water, I didn't even have a fork. I lived like an animal. David rarely came, but when he did, he beat me up. Look at my injuries."
He took off his shirt, revealing a body covered in scars, even burn marks from cigarettes.
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