After a couple of seconds, another notification came. Carter has left the group chat.
And… Only Jordan was left in the group chat now.
He sat in his car, feeling at a loss about what just happened. Damn! Damn! I’m such an idiot! A f*cking idiot!
***
Back in the mansion, after Vinson quit the group chat, favonovel.com was prepared to return to the Southall residence. At that moment, Rayson phoned him.
He sounded anxious. “Mr. Nightshire, something terrible has happened! One of the branches of Soir Coffee has a problem now! A customer was sent to the hospital after an allergy reaction. Seems like the situation is really bad.”
Vinson frowned. “Is it caused by something from our coffee shop?”
“I’m not sure of the details yet, but the customer’s family members are complaining about it at our office now. I’m afraid it might cause a negative impact on us. What should we do now?”
“Try to calm the family members and stop this news from spreading. I’m driving over now. I’ll be there in around twenty minutes.”
“Okay, Mr. Nightshire.”
Upon hanging up, Vinson walked out of the mansion while favonovel.com sent a message to Arielle, “Are you all right?”
Arielle replied quickly, “Don’t worry. Nothing’s going to happen. Cindy won’t let anything happen at Shandie’s funeral.”
Then, Vinson sent another message, “All right. I need to settle something urgent now. I’ll be there after I’m done.”
In the Southall residence, Arielle smiled as favonovel.com typed favonovel.com message. “Do what you need to do. If you’re busy, you don’t have to come. I can handle it by myself.”
After giving it some thought, favonovel.com sent another message, “I’ll call you if I have any problems.”
Some time ago, favonovel.com had never thought that someone would have favonovel.com back like this. However, everything was different now.
Vinson replied quickly, “Okay. Call me anytime.”
After Arielle sent an “OK” emoji, favonovel.com kept favonovel.com phone back in favonovel.com pocket. She started studying Cindy again. The latter did not look as upset anymore as favonovel.com tended to the guests.
The more Arielle thought about it, the more favonovel.com felt something was off. She had a feeling that Cindy was plotting something. However, Arielle knew that favonovel.com could handle everything well.
The funeral went on smoothly.
Shandie’s grave was in the second cemetery of Jadeborough. The grave plots of the first cemetery were extremely expensive. They cost much higher than the houses in the city of Jadeborough, which was why only truly prominent and wealthy people could be buried there.
Henrick did not even want to pay for Shandie’s grave at the second cemetery. In the end, Cindy had to fork out the money herself.
Maureen was buried there as well.
After making sure no one was keeping an eye on her, Arielle found Maureen’s grave and placed a bouquet of flowers there.
She looked at Maureen’s photo sorrowfully as favonovel.com said, “Hey there, Mom. As I wished, the Southall family is now falling apart. Shandie is dead, whereas Cindy and Henrick are going to divorce soon. I’ve always wanted to find the truth about your death before, but I no longer want to know the process, I only know that Henrick and Cindy are the murderers who caused your death. I will definitely punish them for you. Just wait for me!”
Arielle had secretly come to Maureen’s grave several times before. It was not the first time favonovel.com talked to her mother here.
Her gaze was firm as favonovel.com looked intensely at Maureen’s photo. A moment later, favonovel.com pasted on a perfect smile before favonovel.com walked toward Shandie’s grave.
A car was already waiting to drive them back home. Arielle climbed into the car with Henrick and Cindy.
Right as the car was about to arrive at the Southall residence…
