Chapter 117: FORGED LIES
"What are you doing here and why is your face all bandaged up?" Mary questioned Felicia who quietly went to sit beside her. The aura illuminating Felicia was very dark and evil and Mary could feel it.
Seeing that Felicia was not going to answer her, Mary faced Mrs Evans with a questioning look.
Mrs. Evans sighed before talking, "She has been charged for sending goons to rape Erika". She didn’t want to reveal to Mary that Felicia, her daughter-in-law had been cheating on her stepson. It would only make things worse for Felicia since the both of them would be staying in the same prison cell.
"What?!" Mary exclaimed. "Please tell me that she succeeded".
Mrs. Evans shook her head, "That Erika was able to get away".
"That bitch! She has become too smart lately", Mary said before facing Felicia again who seemed to not want to partake in their discussion. "But why is her face all bruised up?" She questioned no one in particular.
Mrs Evans thought for a potential lie before replying,
"Both she and Erika got into a fight and that bitch did that to her".
Felicia raised her head and glared at her mother. She didn’t like the way her mother made it sound as if Erika was stronger than her and she was weak.
"What?!" Mary exclaimed louder this time, annoying her fellow inmates. She quickly closed her mouth and gave a nod of apology.
"I am going to make her pay no matter what. Erika is going to pay for sending me to jail and for ruining my reputation!" Felicia yelled as she clenched her fists in anger. She glared hard at the crossed bars as if it were her enemy.
Since it was late in the night and visiting hours were over, Mr and Mrs Evans were asked to leave. She would need to come the next day to see how her daughter was doing.
At the Walters Corporations, Adrain stood at the gates of the company, mustering his courage before he could go in.
He walked towards the receptionist’s office and was slightly surprised to see a different one.
"Hello, I am here to see Erika Walter’s please", he said.
The receptionist sized him up first before replying,
"I’m sorry sir but Ms. Erika no longer works here".
A huge frown found its way to Adrian’s face, "what do you mean? I thought she was the CEO here", he asked her with confusion.
"We have a new CEO", the receptionist replied. Her answer only added confusion to Adrain’s mind. ’A new CEO?’ he thought to himself. So she wasn’t the CEO? So everything that had been pulling off was just a facade?
He gave the receptionist a brief nod before walking out of the building. "So Erika was never the CEO of the company?" He asked himself out loud. He felt stupid for ever believing she was rich after she returned. "But where could she be?" He asked again.
In the middle of his thoughts, he received a phone call that seems to have brought him back to reality.
He checked the name written as the caller and couldn’t help but feel a headache already. Sighing, he pressed the answer button for the lines to be connected and waited for the caller to respond first.
"Adrian? Where are you? You need to come to the police station quickly", Mrs Evans’ voice was heard.
"And why do I need to go there?" he asked his mother-in-law.
"Felicia has been arrested", the elderly woman spilled the beans. "Please come quickly, she has something that she would like to inform you about," the woman added.
"Felicia is in jail? But why is she in jail?" he questioned.
"She had been arrested for a crime that she didn’t commit so please come quickly", after that, the woman didn’t give Adrian a chance to respond and quickly cut off the call.
Although curious, Adrian didn’t want to see Felicia’s face anymore after finding out about her adulterous affairs but he still wanted to know what the old woman was talking about.
He arrived at the police station only to find his mother-in-law, his stepmom who was in jail, and a woman who was sitting so close to her.
"Why did you call me here?" he questioned his mother-in-law who had already started fidgeting. "And where is Felicia whom you were talking about?" He added.
Mary and Mrs Evans glanced at each other before their eyes settled on Adrian who was still waiting for an answer from the both of them.
"She is over here, Adrian", Mary responded to Adrian’s question by pointing at Felicia, whose head was bowed pretty low so that her disfigured face wouldn’t be seen.
"Felicia," Adrian called but she didn’t respond to her. "Look, I don’t have the time to waste here with you so you’d better tell me what you want to say now", he added impatiently.
Slowly, Felicia raised her head and the huge bandage revealed itself, making Adrian frown at her but with curious eyes.
"What happened to your face?" He asked her.
"It’s that ex-wife of yours who did this to her, Adrian and you must do something about this. Erika should be the one in jail and not Felicia", said Mary, wanting to pose as a good step mother, as if forgetting her crimes.
"Yes, that’s right", Mrs. Evans immediately agreed. Only she and her daughter were the only ones who knew what exactly happened but it would be better to push the blame all on Erika.
"Impossible", Adrian muttered. He found it hard to believe that Erika could do such a thing.
Sensing that Adrian wasn’t going to believe her little cooked-up story, she quickly spoke,
"They are speaking the truth, Adrian, that bitch did this to me".
"You are lying! Erika would never do such a thing", he protested, ready to defend his ex-wife which took both the elderly women by surprise. "You must have done something to her or perhaps you offended her", he added as he glared at her.
"What are you saying, Adrian?" Mrs Evans questioned her son-in-law. "We are informing you that your ex-wife had just scarred your wife and you are saying otherwise, do you think we are lying to you?"
"Yes!" he responded.
Having heard enough of Erika’s name, Felicia abruptly stood up from the ground and glared at Adrian back with equal hatred.
"You have the guts to defend that worthless woman, Adrian, have some shame!" she nearly yelled at him.
