The Divorce Prescription (Celina and Adam) novel Chapter 1072

Rebecca had convinced herself that she would never see Olivia again. After all, Olivia had been nothing more than a discarded pawn—someone Rebecca was determined to leave behind. Yet here she was, standing at her door.

Rebecca was taken aback. "Olivia, what are you doing here?"

Olivia's hair was a tangled mess, and her eyes searched Rebecca's face. "Weren't you at the hospital? When did you leave?" she asked.

Rebecca had no choice but to lie. "I left when Mr. Pilsner arrived."

"Hailey and the baby are both gone now!" Olivia cried out. "How could you just leave like that? What were you thinking, Rebecca?"

Faced with Olivia's pointed words, Rebecca didn't know how to respond.

She quickly shifted the conversation. "Of course I'm upset about Hailey and the baby! In fact, I'm beyond heartbroken. That's why I couldn't stay at the hospital. It felt like I was drowning in there. I had no choice but to come back home. Olivia, what are you doing here?"

Olivia's expression hardened. "Did you know Hailey was poisoned?"

Rebecca gasped in shock. "Poisoned? Who would poison Hailey? This doesn't make sense. Hailey had such close relationships with her family, friends, classmates, and partner. She was loved by so many. I can't fathom who would want to hurt her like this!"

"The doctors confirmed it," Olivia said solemnly. "It's true. Hailey was poisoned. To make matters worse, the poison came from the chicken noodle soup I made."

"Wait, what?" Rebecca exclaimed, her acting skills kicking in. "Olivia, why would you poison the very soup you made for Hailey? What could possibly make you want to kill her?"

"But it wasn't me who poisoned her!" Olivia insisted. "I didn't know there was poison in the soup."

"But you made the soup!" Rebecca fired back.

Olivia looked her in the eye. "Yes, I made it. But while I was cooking, you were right there with me! You were there the entire time!"

Rebecca's heart raced. Could Olivia really be starting to suspect her?

All of a sudden, a thought flashed through her mind. Thanks to Olivia, she hadn't actually touched the chicken noodle soup. Olivia had stopped her when she'd tried to help. That tiny detail might be the one thing that could help clear her name.

Olivia demanded honesty, insisting on nothing but the truth. Still, Rebecca couldn't ignore the feeling that something unspoken lay beneath her words.

The chill radiating from Olivia forced her to take a step back. Struggling to keep her composure, she countered, "Olivia, I genuinely can't make sense of this. What truth? What exactly are you asking me to admit?"

Olivia sneered to herself, her eyes boring into Rebecca. "Come on. You know exactly what I want to hear. We've known each other for so long, and I've always considered you a close friend. Now that it's just the two of us, go ahead and tell me what happened. I want to hear everything."

Rebecca clenched her fingers, forcing herself to appear calm. She managed a smile, trying to brush it off.

"I'm sorry, Olivia. I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. We're certainly good friends, and I've always been honest with you. You must be mistaken."

Honest with her?

Olivia couldn't believe Rebecca had the nerve to say that.