“Fine?” Vera scoffed, lowering her voice. “You don’t know Linda never approved of her. She thought Emily wasn’t from a good family, that she couldn’t be on the same level. If she hadn’t given birth to Arson, she wouldn’t even be allowed into the Grant Family.”
“But Linda… really dotes on her precious grandson, Arson.”
Vera’s voice was full of envy. “Every day she gets him nutritional supplements and ‘smart pills’ from abroad, personally making sure he takes them. She was afraid the only heir of the Grant Family might be neglected.”
My hand clenched suddenly and the hot coffee spilled on the back of my hand, but I felt nothing.
Smart pills again…
“Now that I think about it, Emily’s accident really is suspicious,” Vera said, as if remembering something, her face full of regret.
“The police said it was due to fatigue, but I heard her car’s brakes might have had a problem. Think about it. She’s not really good at driving, yet late at night, on a mountain road, she was driving so fast… as if she was trying to escape from something. Isn’t that strange?”
Every word Vera said hit my heart like a hammer.
Escape.
Emily was running from Linda.