SWNOVELS Chapter 172
Chapter 172
As the words fell, a voice called out from a distance, “Merry, Cordelia, the
headmasteris asking for you.”
Hearing this, Paulina and Cainhurried to follow, while Leila, after a moment's
thought, quietly followed behind them.
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entered the headmaster’s office directly, with Leila waiting at the doorway,
peering inside.
Four police officers were inside gathering evidence. Skyler, with a warm smile,
said, “Lia, you're here? We've stumbled upon some unexpected developments.”
Cordelia nodded, “Go on.”
Skyler continued, “The photo that's been making rounds online definitely didn’t
originate from that school. That's one thing we can be sure of. But where did it
come from? That's another line of inquiry. I've rechecked the image against Lia's,
and there's no doubt it hasn't been digitally altered, so it's genuine. So, I have to
ask, Merry, do you have a habit of taking such photos?”
is that?”
Paulina couldn't hold back, “What kind of question is
Skyler raised his hand to stop her, “Please, madam, I mean no offense. I'm just
trying to trace the origins of the photo. Don’t you want to find out who targeted
Merry?”
Though Paulina disapproved of his questioning, she held her tongue.
Merry shook her head, “Never.”
“Little Parrot wouldn't release such a photo to hurt herself,” Cordelia added.
Skyler agreed, “Right, she’s the victim, so she couldn't be the perpetrator. But
from what I understand, you have a twin sister who looks identical to you, right?”
Merry nodded.
Before Skyler could continue, Paulina, now infuriated, demanded, “What are you
implying? Leila is the culprit? That she took these scandalous photos of Merry
and posted them online?”
Turning to her, Merry said, “It's not my photo.”
Confused, Paulina asked, “Not yours? What do you mean?”
She couldn't fathom the truth, not even considering the correct possibility.
Merry laid it bare, “It means the photo is of Leila, not me.”
Paulina was stunned, then angrily retorted, “Nonsense.”
Cain couldn't believe it either, “Merry, how could you falsely accuse Leila? There
might be some tension between you two, but surely there's no deep-seated
hatred because you are sisters.”
“You're trying to drag Leila through the mud just because the school took your
picture?” Paulina accused, “Merry, how can your thoughts be so dark?”
Merry looked at her parents, a sad smile on her face. Their defense of Leila
wasn't laughable or wicked to her, just profoundly desolate.
As parents, their protection was basic, yet before the school incident, they had
doubted her, with no trust at
all.
The flicker of joy she felt when she heard that they had asked Leila to move out
and invited her home, was now gone.
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She didn’t say anything more, her mind was already made up. Her bond with her
parents was likely severed for life.
Thinking this, she lowered her eyes, signaling a wish to end the conversation.
Skyler frowned, “Mr. Jordan and Mrs. Jordan, without evidence, please refrain
from baseless accusations.”
Paulina challenged him, “And what evidence do you have that the photo is of
Leila?”
Skyler was at a loss for words, but then Cordelia spoke up calmly, “We have
evidence.”
“What?” Paulina looked at her.
Cordelia took out her phone. “When the incident happened, the post was deleted
quickly, but I saved the picture. I assume you haven't seen it yet.”
Cain's brow furrowed.
Cordelia didn’t show it to him but handed the opened photo to Paulina.
Paulina glanced at it and quickly averted her gaze, feeling embarrassed and
even angry at the sight of her own daughter's photo. “What are you showing me
this for?” she asked, feeling humiliated.
Cordelia asked, “As their mother, can’t you tell the difference in the photo?”
Paulina hesitated. She looked at the photo again. The girl in the photo had no
mole or birthmark, with smooth, delicate skin. The face was partially hidden by
hair, obscuring the details.
Merry’s features were actually a bit more distinct than Leila’s. If she had a clear
photo, as a mother, she could compare them.
But with the hair covering the face in the photo, it was indistinguishable.
After struggling to discern any difference, Cordelia pointed to the breasts on the
photo, “Little Parrot is a bit bigger here.”
Paulina was stunned.
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But it had been a long while since she had been that intimate with Merry.
She involuntarily looked up at Merry, who had lost weight from the stress at
school, but one part of her remained full and well-developed:
She looked back at the photo in disbelief.
Sometimes, it was not that she couldn't see the truth, and she simply refused to
believe it, unwilling to accept it and kept making excuses for herself.
She stared at the photo for a long time before finally looking up, “Even if, even if
this photo is of Leila, it doesn't prove that she posted it.”
Paulina shouted, unable to accept the truth, her heart refusing to believe that the
Leila she raised could betray her little sister Merry.
Suddenly, she felt like she had never truly understood Lella at all.
Cain, too, couldn't help but ask, “What's going on? Is that photo really of Leila?
What happened to her? Why would such a photo exist?”
Paulina clung to her last shred of defiance, “It must be photoshopped. It has to
be. It can’t possibly be Leila.”
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Hardly had the echo faded when the headmaster chimed in, “We've got
surveillance cameras. They'll have covered this area.”
The group booted up the surveillance system and pulled up the records from the
time in question. There on the screen, they saw Leila glancing around before
slipping into the office.
With the surveillance footage and the photos combined, the case was rock solid.
That answer they all least wanted to believe turned out to be the truth.
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Merry turned to a stunned Cain and
watched Paulina, who seemed to
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