BookToReadChapter 523:
Mabel stood there, stunned for several moments, slowly processing what she’d just heard. Then, turning stiffly to
face Glenda, who was continuously crying, Mabel’s voice quivered as she asked, “Did Dad really tell you to kill
someone? Why did you listen to him? He didn’t want to do it himself, so he sent you? How could he?”
Glenda, her hand over her mouth, shook her head in agony and managed to sob out her words, “No, | didn’t... |
didn’t kill anyone. All I did was remove that old woman's oxygen mask. She's still alive.”
Mabel was caught off guard. It appeared that her mom really had attempted murder, and the instigator was her
own dad. She struggled to cto terms with this revelation. After a long pause, she pressed further, “Mom,
why would you do that? Does Dad have something against that woman? Have you both lost your minds? Why
would you do such a thing? Please, tell me!”
Jayden let out a laugh and commented, “Your mom won't disclose her reasons for her actions, nor your dad's
reasons for wanting that woman dead. So, she ended up staying with us for a few days.”
Desperately, Mabel implored, “Mom, please stop crying. Do you want to be trapped here forever? Don’t you want
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But no matter how fervently Mabel pleaded, Glenda continued to weep, offering no words in response.
Jayden watched the unfolding scene and remarked, “Your mom's love for your dad is palpable. She probably
wants to protect him from criminal involvement. What a touching love story! Sadly, it means you might lose her.”
His words heightened Mabel’s anxiety. In her view, Lanny was nowhere near as important as Glenda. She would
rather see Lanny behind bars than lose her mother.
As Mabel pressed Glenda for answers, Elyse sensed there was a hidden secret involving both Glenda and Lanny.
She tilted her head, whispering to Jayden, “They were desperate to eliminate Dorothy. There must be other
motives. Look, Mabel has been questioning her for minutes, yet Glenda refuses to reveal anything.”
Jayden leaned in, his gaze narrowing as he listened to Elyse. He responded to each of her statements with a
noncommittal grunt.
Elyse continued, “Glenda knelt beforejust now. | felt like she was trying to entrust her daughter to my care.”
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Jayden nodded in agreement. “It seems she’s ready to take the fall for Lanny. But it might not be just about her
attempt to kill Dorothy. | guess Dorothy was aware of their secret, prompting them to want her dead.”
Elyse scratched her head, puzzled. “What is this secret they're hiding?”
“They committed a murder. Dorothy knew about it, which is why they wanted her gone too,” Jayden explained
calmly.
Elyse, driven by curiosity, probed further, “Who did they kill? Dorothy never mentioned.”
Jayden shook his head. “No, she never did.”
Elyse’s curiosity deepened as she pondered what secret the Lloyd couple might be concealing—a secret they
seemed determined not to reveal.
At the stime, Glenda’s patience with Mabel’s incessant questions was wearing thin. Exasperated, she burst
out, “I don’t know. Really, | don’t. Why don’t you ask your dad? He's the one with all the answers. He's the real
schemer here, not me. I'm just the fall guy. Got it?”
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Mabel, frustrated and anxious, stamped her foot. “Mom, please! Just tell them what you know. | don’t want them
locking you up. | want you to go back hwith me.”
Then, an idea struck her, and she turned to Elyse. “If | bring my dad here, will you let my mom go?”
Jayden nodded affirmatively. “Sure. Bring your dad here to explain why he orchestrated that crime. I'm willing to
help keep your mom out of prison, despite her involvement. After all, she’s still complicit and could face
charges.”
Mabel was unsure of Lanny’s whereabouts but was convinced Glenda knew. Holding her mother’s hands tightly,
she pleaded, “Mom, you have to know where Dad could be hiding, right? Help us find him, confess what you've
done, and you won't have to go to jail.”
Glenda, biting her lower lip, remained silent.
Observing her mother’s reaction, Mabel felt a wave of desperation. “Why are you so determined to cover for
him? Are you really ready to throw away your life? To give up on me?”
Glenda, growing weary of hearing the sarguments, felt her irritation rise. With a firm push that left Mabel
stunned, she said wearily, “I need to think about it.”
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