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At that time, all the other children were terrified by Jacqueline's remark. Jackson himself was scared witless. When
he told his father about it upon returning home, his father had told him that she might have a mental disorder.
It was because he had liked Jacqueline since young that he chose to follow in his father's footsteps and study
medicine after learning that she was sick. He wanted to study psychiatry so that he could cure her. Alas, he truly
had no talent for it, so he ended up specializing in surgery instead.
Nonetheless, he still consulted several psychiatrists about Jacqueline's condition during his studies. All the
psychiatrists told him that he couldn't blindly force her to accept treatment unless she was willing to do so.
Otherwise, it would only stimulate her and make her even more psychotic.
Unfortunately, Jacqueline refused to admit that she was sick, so she naturally declined all treatment. Thus, he kept
it a secret until now. Most importantly, she hadn't done anything that crossed the line ever since she regained
consciousness.
Shane had no inkling of Jackson's thoughts as he stared at the latter with narrowed eyes. “I understand, but
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJacqueline might have crossed the line into murder now.”
Hearing that, Jackson's expression changed drastically. He shot to his feet at once. “What did you just say?
Jacqueline has committed murder?”
“I merely said that it's a possibility,” Shane asserted while massaging his temples.
Gulping, Jackson plopped back down onto his chair in shock. “Who are you referring to?”
“Natalie,” Shane murmured.
Jackson sucked in a breath upon hearing that. But in the next moment, he shook his head in denial. “That's
impossible! When has she ever attempted to kill Natalie?”
“Have you forgotten about the two times Natalie almost died back then?” Shane tilted his head and gazed at him
coldly.
Jackson's eyes quivered. “So, you suspect that she's behind the two incidents? But she was in the hospital then and
couldn't even get out of bed. How could she...”
“Who said she must have done it personally?” Shane cut him off.
Jackson's gaze flickered. Yet, he was still unwilling to accept the reality and continued defending Jacqueline, arguing,
“Even if she could've had someone else do it, what about the money? The Graham family went bankrupt ten years
ago, so how could she have any money to hire anyone?”
“Don't you know this?” Shane lowered his eyes and noted lightly, “The Graham family indeed went bankrupt, but
her father once used illegal channels to transfer a sum of money away before that to make a comeback in the
future. However, he passed away shortly after the bankruptcy, so the money naturally went to her.”
It was the result of the investigation done by the Garcia family that had been sent to him earlier in the afternoon.
Even then, they had only stumbled upon it. Otherwise, no one would have ever known that Jacqueline actually had
such a huge inheritance.
To top it off, they also investigated the flow of the funds and discovered that the money had been wired out twice a
few months ago. And that two times coincided with Natalie's near brushes with death.
Therefore, even if they hadn't yet determined whether Mr. Gunn had covered up for her, it was certain from the
flow of the funds that the culprit was indeed Jacqueline.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“That's impossible!” Jackson's face drained of color.
Jacqueline actually inherited a sum of money? Then, why did she keep telling me that she had no money?
Shane stared at Jackson, who was at sixes and sevens. “Are you still unwilling to believe it now?”
Shaking his head, the other man grabbed his shoulders emotionally. “No, Shane! How could she possibly do such a
thing? Isn't the culprit a member of the Brown family?”
“Alice Brown didn't do anything. Mr. Gunn blackmailed her into being a scapegoat for Jacqueline.” Shane shook
Jackson's hands off his shoulders.
“Mr. Gunn...” That was a huge blow to Jackson. A long time passed before he spoke in a hoarse voice, “Even Mr.
Gunn played a part in it.”
Shane merely lifted his chin in affirmation.
Downcast, Jackson lowered his head and said nothing further as he contemplated something.
Shane didn't bother him either, merely sitting beside him and drinking his wine in silence.
He knew everything he had just told Jackson was a heavy blow to the man, and Shane understood that his friend
needed some time to digest it all.
Thus, he didn't mind giving him the time to do so.