Marie was unwilling to accept the truth, but she hadn't lost her temper. She could feel his coldness, so she just thought of an idea.
One day William received a call from her. On the phone, she sounded pitiful while crying. She said that her feet got injured and she couldn't move. She asked him to come into her house.
Generally, a man would choose a hotel and would not run to a woman's house to be with her. It was the same case with William. He didn't care about her but finally agreed to her request as she sounded pitiful that time.
When he arrived at her house, Marie told him it was her birthday. She wore a red dress to welcome him, beneath it, she was naked. That night she was so attractive and performed a Chinese opera for him.
Seeing her doing such a wonderful performance grabbed William's interest again. From his perspective, Marie, at that moment, was really like a professional opera performer who was there just to make him happy.
He hastily pressed his body on her and tore off her dress.
After having sex, Marie sprawled on his body and asked when he would get divorced.
It frightened William. He had intended to tease her, and he never thought of marrying her.
Seeing his facial expression, Marie also threatened him directly that if he didn't get a divorce, she would send their sound recording to the media and disclose it, making him lose good fame.
William really got annoyed because no woman had ever threatened him. He threw a check with a large amount of money to her and warned her that she'd better take the money away and finish their relationship.
Marie had to take the check and see him leaving.
The next day, William felt bad. He began to be regretful that he didn't threaten Marie to hand in the sound recording. What if she really had it?
Afraid of it, he immediately called Marie. However, it didn't get through.
Until that afternoon, the call didn't get through. So he went to the mall, and after inquiring, he knew that she didn't come to work. He again ran to her house, but there was no response.
He was worried about it for two days, and during this period, there was no news about Marie.
Later, William saw Joie again because he had gone back to work. However, he was listless. William asked something about him and let him do a good job. Then he asked some private topics about whether he got married.
At this time, Joie cried and quivered.
William was shocked, and he heard that Marie was lost.
The first thought William had in his mind was that Marie had gone away with the check. But then he noticed that Marie hadn't withdrawn money at all.
He heard that Joie called the police, informing them Marie was gone and the case was closed. It was said that he got Marie's whereabouts and knew she had left with another man.
William felt strange, but he didn't ask further questions. He would rather believe that Marie was with another man and she really left. All his anxiety only related to whether Marie had the sound recording or not. As long as she didn't bother him, she could do whatever she wanted.
"Later, Kelly said that she had seen a ghost with a red dress and heard her singing songs. I have heard those lyrics, and that was just the one Marie had sung that night." William frowned, "Kelly tends to be reasonable. However, even she said that she had seen a ghost, and then I knew that Marie must have been dead and avenged me."
After finishing his confession, he gripped his fingers, looking at Kelly, "Sorry, Kelly. I know that you won't forgive me. I…"
Kelly stood there motionlessly with a pale face. Then, after a while, she walked and left.
"Kelly…" William was so regretful.
Lilith bit her lips tightly and followed Kelly.
Looking at his daughter's back, William's eyes got red.
"It seemed that Joie saw everything you did on Marie's birthday. As you described, Marie must have had a sound recording. But the police didn't find this, so Joie probably had taken it away. And then he knew who kept a dirty relationship with Marie." Irish gave her analysis calmly. She didn't care about William's regret or pay attention to Kelly's feelings now. She seemed to be indifferent at this time.
William didn't think of this, so he was startled.
"When did you meet the ghost?" Irish looked at Shirley and asked it lightly.
Shirley was not satisfied with her attitude, but she couldn't show much hatred since Henry was present. She thought of it for a while and then answered, "It might be the 12th."
Irish looked at William, "Any relevance?"
William's face turned pale. After a while, he answered with fear, "That was just Marie's birthday."
"What a pity!" Shirley exclaimed. Irish glanced at Joseph, and he had an idea about it.
Actually, their guess was still kind. If Joie really witnessed Marie's affair that day and heard the sound recording, he must have kidnapped Marie after William left. One year was enough for Joie to twist his mentality. Every day he had to be faced with his enemy, and the thought of retaliation occurred to him. Finally, he started his plan on Marie's birthday two years later.
Henry was furious to hear all of this. Finally, he calmed himself down and asked Irish, "How about Joie?"
"It's terrible. He acts in two roles in his daily life. In the day, he is himself, but at night he acts to be Marie. Actually, this is not a unique case, but it's more terrible." Irish answered it from a professional psychologist's point of view, "What's more, Joie suffers from Othello syndrome."
"What?" Shirley asked out of curiosity.
Irish looked at her helplessly, "Put it simply, he suffers from a syndrome of envy and suspicion. Generally speaking, one has a normal and pathological envy mentality, while the latter is within the range of mental illness. You must know Othello if you really know something about Shakespeare's works."
Shirley looked at her unhappily.
"This condition is psychologically called 'pathological sputum syndrome', a psychiatric syndrome characterized by suspicion of spouse's infidelity and jealousy. Marie's infidelity made Joie nearly mad. He has already suspected Marie's loyalty, but he dares not express it clearly since he is weak in nature. Later, Marie confessed it to him, and then his leaving was not because of his open mind but to search for evidence. And he even followed William to Marie's house and kidnapped Marie." Irish sighed deeply and changed her posture to mitigate the pain in her wrist.
Shirley was scared to hear that.
"All in all, it is your entire mistake. You lured a good girl with money and made a couple separate. If you had not lured her with wealth, Marie might have been still simple and kind. She dared not to spend so much money all her life. However, the great amount of money made her feel good, and her greedy nature was shown completely." Irish ridiculed William.
William gritted his teeth tightly and began to refute, "She would still have been greedy even if it's not me!"
"Such an idiot!" Henry couldn't stand his anger. He really had the impulse to slap him, so he just pointed at him with quivering fingers, "Are you justifying your mistake? You really make us ashamed!"
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