"Look into my eyes. Now you are very relaxed, there’s no need to think about anything else. Just answer truthfully whatever I ask, no need to hide or lie. How did you first et the governor, and what made you beco interested in him?"
Mrs. Smith instinctively lifted her head, her gaze locking into Dr. Sterling’s eyes. Her mind gradually grew heavy, and her tense shoulders slowly sagged, her tone softened slightly, carrying the haziness of recollection.
"At that ti... I had just given birth to Charles, and after that bad man left, I suffered from postpartum depression. I quarreled with my family every day, and no one took care of , so I ran out and unconsciously ended up in the area where Old Tate was fighting..."
She paused, as if recalling the chaos of those years, her voice tightened: "I happened to run into a rebellion, bullets flying everywhere, I was so scared, hiding in the corner crying. It was Old Tate who rushed over, sheltered beneath him, and even blocked a piece of flying debris for , scraping his arm... He was wearing a military uniform at that ti, covered in blood, yet he said to , ’Don’t be afraid, I’m here,’ and I just... I just fell for him."
"So after you found out he was with Grace Parker, you beca jealous and had to take him away?" Dr. Sterling continued to ask, his tone still calm, but each word hit the mark.
"Yes!" Mrs. Smith gritted her teeth fiercely, her earlier lethargy instantly turning into resentnt, "I loved him so much, I almost lost my life to be with him, why should Grace Parker, just an insignificant military doctor, get to be with him without reason! Old Tate, such a good man, should be with soone like , a lady of status, not a woman like her with no background!"
"Later, when Old Tate led his troops to the border and was blinded by shrapnel, was it Grace Parker who found him and used that improved ancient prescription to save him, right?"
Dr. Sterling asked again, his fingertips gripping the prescription tighter.
"Yes!" Mrs. Smith sneered, unable to hide her jealousy, "At that ti Old Tate was blinded, his face as pale as paper, his breathing weak, his subordinates carried him to find a military doctor, and happened to et Grace Parker!
She relied on that rotten prescription, staying in the tent boiling it for two whole days and nights, and actually saved him, even said that she could slowly condition his eyes, although it would be hard to regain vision, she could maintain the health of the eye muscles! From then on, Old Tate stuck to her like glue, running to the dical tent every day, unable to see her, relying on sound to find her. When Grace Parker was on night duty, he wrapped himself in a military coat and guarded outside, bringing her hot porridge, shielding her from the soldiers’ teasing, and told everyone that when the mission ended, he would marry Grace Parker!
Watching this, my heart itched with hate!"
"So you took advantage of the governor’s blindness, stole the prescription, and claid the credit for saving his life?"
"Why should all the benefits go to her!" Mrs. Smith’s emotion surged, clenching her fists, fingernails digging into her palms, "
When she went to another province to buy scarce dicinal materials, I took the opportunity to approach, stole the prescription, and told Old Tate’s subordinates that it was I who boiled the dicine and saved him, even finding two soldiers whom I’d paid to testify.
Old Tate was blind and his mind was unclear at the ti, identifying people by sound. I mimicked a couple of Grace Parker’s phrases, and he actually believed it!"
"You even bribed a doctor to lie to the governor that you were infertile, and used the fact he couldn’t see, with no one else to rely on, to force him to marry you?"
"Yes! I found a fake doctor!" Mrs. Smith laughed grimly, "I told Old Tate that when I saved him, I was injured by enemy shrapnel in my uterus, and I would never be able to bear children in this life!
Old Tate was blind at that ti, felt indebted to , and Grace Parker was forced to leave by my family’s influence, he had no choice but to agree to marry !"
Mrs. Smith’s face showed a proud smile.
"Grace Parker ca back to find the governor, pregnant, carrying the improved prescription, wanting to help the governor condition the muscles behind his blind eyes, yet you stopped her and even hired a hitman to kill her, isn’t that right?"
"Yes! That bitch dared to carry Old Tate’s child and co to the Smith Family with the prescription!"
Mrs. Smith’s voice suddenly turned venomous, "I had her stopped at the door, threw a fake marriage invitation in her face, and told her that Old Tate despised her low status and had already promised to marry !
Old Tate was inside at the ti, I deliberately didn’t let him hear, and told him it was an unrelated beggar causing a scene!
Later, I was still afraid she’d co back, so I hired a hitman to block her. I heard that to protect her belly, she fought desperately with the hitman and even thought it was Old Tate who wanted to kill her. She sought out Henry Parker, letting the child recognize him as the father!
But she could escape for a while, not a lifeti, she hid in the countryside, and more than a decade later... my hitman finally found her."
"Enough!"
A hoarse roar suddenly exploded, cutting off Mrs. Smith’s words.
The governor lying on the hospital bed had long opened his eyes, filled with pain and anger, his bony hand gripping the quilt tightly, his knuckles white, his voice full of fury.
"Serene!
I actually believed you for so many years!
Saving you back then was my duty as a soldier, you actually used this duty to harm Grace and for a lifeti!
Grace... I am sorry, sorry to you and the child!"
Mrs. Smith was startled back to her senses by this shout, the hypnotic effect instantly dissipating.
She looked at the awakened governor, then at Dr. Sterling with his cold gaze beneath the brim of his hat, her face as pale as paper, staggering back, bumping into the corner of the wall, her voice trembling.
"Old Tate, how... how did you wake up? What did she... do to you? Don’t listen to her nonsense, she used so ans to control !"
Charles Smith, waiting outside for over half an hour without any movent inside, was already anxious, pacing back and forth. He knocked forcefully on the door: "Mom! Doctor! Are you inside? What’s going on in there?"
No one responded, his heart thumped in alarm, so he kicked the door open.
With a "bang," the door was kicked open, revealing an empty room, with only the wall’s secret passage left ajar.
"Not good! There’s a secret passage!"
Charles’s face changed drastically. He turned his head to shout to Adam Willow and Linda White, "Follow quickly, soone is trying to sabotage my mission!"
The three of them rushed into the passage, only to find Mrs. Smith collapsed on the ground, still muttering "It wasn’t ."
The governor leaned against the bedside, his eyes bloodshot, while Dr. Sterling still wrapped in a hooded coat and mask, showing only eyes full of rage.
All the lies were exposed, all the truths laid bare in this mont, under the sunlight.
Reviews
All reviews (0)