Lila burst into tears and ran out of the hospital after being questioned by Ethan. She had nowhere else to go. She didn’t dare to head home, nor did she have any friends who would be willing to take her in. She could only stay in a hotel for the time being. She had no idea what to do next at all.
After eating a meal, she hid in the hotel room and cried sorrowfully for hours on end. She knew that she was left with no other choice now. Even though Ethan hadn’t gotten any hard evidence to prove that she did it, he would probably still tell Beal and Johanna about it. They would be really disappointed in her. She had no idea if they would kick her out after they learned about this. Lila cried all night long. She was flustered and scared, at a complete loss of what to do next. No one could get her out of this fix now.
At this time, she suddenly thought of Zoe. She proceeded to give Zoe a call. Charis had been waiting for Lila’s call this entire time.
“What’s the matter? How was your day today?”
“Something happened to Janet’s parachute today. It malfunctioned ans she fell into the forest!” Lila said while weeping at the same time.
“Is she dead? No… I mean, how could such a thing happen? Was she hurt?” Charis was so excited to hear the news.
Fortunately, she was talking to Lila on the phone now and Lila couldn’t see just how excited she was. Lila cried even more bitter tears and filled her in on the whole story.
All of a sudden, there was no response from Charis.
After hanging up, it was hard for Charis not to curse Lila’s stupidity. How stupid was she really? She actually divulged the truth? To make sure everything happened according to her foolproof plan, Charis never intended to get Lila involved too much. Lila was only the bait to get Janet out in the field.
Charis had bought off Lila’s coach and had her tamper with Janet’s parachute. In that case, even if Lila saw that the string was tampered with, she would have nothing to do with it. Charis never expected that Lila would actually be so stupid. “What an idiot!” Charis rubbed her aching temple with her fingers and cursed out loud. From this point on, the Whites, Janet, and Brandon would be on guard against Lila. But Charis could do nothing about it now. It had already happened.
The only thing she could do now was try to help Lila stay in the White family. After all, Janet didn’t perish in the accident. Lila might become useful to her again some other time. Charis hoped in her heart that she could continue using Lila as her pawn.
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