Mysterious Mrs. Pansy

“How could it not be you?” Freda relentlessly pressed on, aiming to pin the blame on Tina. “Besides you, who else could it be?”

“I have no grievances with Miss North. Why would I do such a thing?” Tina responded angrily to Freda’s accusations.

“Because you envy Miss North,” Freda snorted. “While I was learning from Miss North just now, you were mocking and ridiculing her. Many people saw it.”

People around nodded in agreement. Tina’s hostility towards Jane was evident, and Tina’s affection for Osborn wasn’t a secret either. Osborn’s feelings for Jane were now undeniable.

Considering all this, it seemed plausible.

Tina harbored jealousy towards Jane, intentionally tampered with the prop, aiming to harm her.

Jane looked at Freda’s performance with a cold gaze, then turned to Osborn, saying, “Call the police!”

“Miss North, it really wasn’t me. How could I do such a thing?” Tina hurriedly explained.

Jane nodded indifferently, “Whoever it is, I will investigate the truth. I won’t wrong an innocent person, nor will I let go of the one who repeatedly tried to harm me!”

Freda signaled to a staff member standing nearby with her eyes. The staff member, understanding the hint, approached Jane cautiously.

She looked at Jane hesitantly and said, “Miss North, there’s something I don’t know if I should say…”

“What is it?” Jane’s gaze fell on the staff member named Nana.

Nana, who had taken money from Freda and received her implicit suggestion, cautiously spoke up, “Miss North, I went to the prop room to check the props. I saw Miss Amelia take away the knife.”

“Is that so?” Jane asked calmly.

Before Nana could continue, anger appeared on Tina’s face. “You’re talking nonsense! When did I switch the knife?!”

“Yeah, it couldn’t be Miss Amelia,” Tina’s manager, Florence, rushed over. “I was with Miss Amelia all the time. I can testify this has nothing to do with Miss Amelia.”

“You’re Tina’s manager. Everyone knows you two have a good relationship. How can we trust your words?” Freda sneered.

“Miss Huggins, don’t make baseless accusations! Please present evidence!” Florence retorted angrily to Freda.

She knew Tina well. While Tina might be a bit arrogant and didn’t like Jane, she wouldn’t do something as heinous as this.

Florence didn’t understand why Freda was framing Tina.

“Somebody has witnessed it now. Isn’t that evidence?” Freda snorted.

“Yeah, a few days ago, Miss Amelia openly expressed her dissatisfaction with Miss North,” Nana chimed in, taking out her phone. “That day, I accidentally recorded Miss Amelia’s words. You can listen.”

As Nana spoke, she played the recording.

In the recording, Tina’s voice could be heard, saying, “Jane is indeed playing both sides. On one hand, she’s ambiguous with Mr. Pansy, and on the other, she deliberately stays close to Osborn. One day, I’ll make her pay attention!”

Freda smirked, “Everyone heard that, right? Tina has been holding grudges against Miss North. So, today, she finally couldn’t resist and took action against Miss North!”

“You’re talking nonsense! I didn’t do it!” Tina’s expression changed, looking angrily at Nana.

She recalled that day when Nana deliberately spoke ill of Jane in front of her, leading her to say those words.

This was all a trap!

“It’s you, you’re the one who harmed me!” Tina’s expression was somewhat agitated.

Jane glanced at Tina indifferently, then turned her gaze back to Nana, speaking coldly, “Since you saw it, why didn’t you speak up at that time? Why didn’t you stop her?”

Nana hesitated for a moment, then quickly lowered her eyes and said, “I’m just a small staff member. How dare I offend Miss Amelia?”

“And now? Now you dare to offend her?” Jane raised an eyebrow, her tone sharply questioning.

Nana bit her lip, “When I saw Miss North almost getting hurt just now, I regretted not speaking up. I blamed myself, so I gathered the courage to reveal the truth. Because I don’t want to bury my conscience.”C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.

As Nana finished speaking, another staff member who had been standing in the background stepped forward.

She suddenly knelt with a thud in front of Jane, saying, “Miss North, I’m sorry!”

Jane looked down at her, expressionless, and asked, “What’s wrong? Get up and talk.”

The prop staff member remained kneeling, speaking with a guilty expression, “Miss North, the loosening of the screw on the swing earlier wasn’t accidental. It was…”

“It was what?” Jane looked at him with cold eyes.

The prop staff hesitated for a moment. After seeing Freda’s covert signal, he took a deep breath, then decisively said, “Actually, I deliberately loosened the screw on the swing.”

As soon as the prop staff made this statement, everyone around was stunned.

“Why would you do that?” Osborn stepped forward, grabbing the prop staff’s collar, and sternly demanded.

That time, Jane fell off the swing. If Patrick hadn’t arrived in time, Jane would have been seriously injured.

Osborn had always harbored resentment over this incident. Every time, Patrick was one step ahead, protecting Jane.

He always thought it was an accident, never imagining that someone deliberately tampered with the swing.

An indescribable anger surged in Osborn’s heart.

“It was… Miss Amelia who instructed me to do this,” the prop staff raised his head, glanced at Tina, and cautiously said.

Tina was momentarily stunned, exclaiming, “What nonsense are you talking about! When did I instruct you to do anything?”

Tina’s head buzzed. She clearly hadn’t done anything, so why were all these people framing and blaming her?!

“Miss Amelia, these days I’ve been tormented by guilt. This is the check you gave me; I’m returning it to you now.” The prop staff spoke while pulling out a check from his pocket and stuffing it into Tina’s hands.

“I’m sorry, Miss North. It was a moment of madness on my part, a moment of greed. I did something I shouldn’t have. Please forgive me!” The prop staff kept apologizing to Jane.

“Also, the incident with your horse was no accident either,” the prop staff added. “Miss Amelia instructed me to give the horse a stimulant, so…”