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Damian explained everything, recounting how Jeffrey and Carl had been working in secret, investigating Alisa and trying to expose those supporting her. They knew she was not acting alone and had planned to reveal the network behind her.

Apparently, Alisa had been trying to keep her pregnancy viable until six months, when medical intervention could give her baby a chance.

She was just two weeks shy of that mark and had been staying secluded in her room.

However, Jeffrey made a cold decision. He added a miscarriage-inducing drug to her late-night snack, ensuring the child would not survive.

As harsh as it was, he could not allow a child from someone with such malicious intent to threaten the family in the future.

Alisa panicked when she realized she was losing the baby. Too afraid to alert anyone in the household, she secretly contacted her people to help her.

What she did not know was that Jeffrey had set a trap. Her attempts to fix the situation only led to the exposure of those aiding her.

The plan was flawless. I could not help but admire how well it was executed, though I regretted not witnessing it unfold myself. "And the baby?" I asked, feeling a mix of emotions.

Damian shook his head. "It was too early-barely five and a half months. The baby didn't survive long enough to take its first breath."

Alisa had fought so hard to save that baby. Just half a month more, and it might have lived.

I remembered how she once told me it was a girl, and I could tell she had been sincere about her hope for her child.

"But why was she singled out as the murderer?" I pressed.

"A while ago, when you were so anxious and barely sleeping, Mr. Carter took it upon himself to dig deeper," Damian explained. "What is it?" I asked

"From Randy's death, the severed head, those horrifying photos, and the threats you received, everything pointed to a woman about five-foot-five tall. At first, all clues seemed to lead to Wisteria. However, Mr. Carter realized something-it didn't add up. If someone like Wisteria wanted you dead, she wouldn't be so obvious. Even her past actions were far more calculated

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I guess pregnancy made me overlook a lot, but I always had this gut feeling something was not adding up.noveldrama

"Her goal was to divert attention to Wisteria, right?"

"Yes, Wisteria fell off that cliff on Rosbel Island. Even if she survived, we barely stayed in Jaford before returning to Snowville. A murder happening so soon after we returned-it couldn't have been her. She wouldn't have had time to get back here unless she snuck in, and even then, it would've taken weeks.

"If she did return, it would've required a carefully planned identity change. However, Mr. Carter pieced together clues that pointed away from Wisteria. Whether she's alive or not, this case isn't her doing. Someone deliberately used her name to scare you." "I see," I muttered.

"She found out I was pregnant, didn't she? Luther probably let it slip, and she used that knowledge to frame Wisteria. She staged everything-the murder scene, the severed head, the photos of my supposed death-all to break me mentally and use Wisteria's name as a weapon.

"She couldn't get close enough to harm me physically because Carl kept me so well-protected. So she went after me psychologically, hoping the stress would make me miscarry."

Her goal was to make me live in constant fear, thinking Wisteria was always watching me. In the early stages of pregnancy, the development of the embryo is so delicate, and many women experience miscarriages within the first three months. Alisa certainly was not someone to underestimate.

If it had not been for the obvious signs of her own miscarriage over the past couple of weeks and she did not have time to focus on me, she might have resorted to other ways of tormenting me.

She tried to set me up, but it all backfired. In that moment of miscarriage, she must have felt completely defeated.

Even someone as cold-hearted as her is vulnerable at times like that.

It all clicked when I remembered-when Alisa looked at my belly and said the baby must be doing well, there was a strange chill in her tone.

She could not even keep her own child, yet she resented my pregnancy, especially with how healthy my baby seemed.

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Damian nodded. "Yes, lately, Alisa's been focused on protecting her pregnancy, so she hasn't had time to make trouble"

"How many people did you catch last night?" I asked.

"Five came to the residence-two medical staff and three bodyguards, with a few more outside."

"The scene must've been exciting, right?"

What a shame that I was asleep during such an exciting scene.

The excitement in my chest was burning, "It must have all been captured on surveillance, right?"

Damian scratched his head nervously, "Yes, but it's probably better not to watch cos it's pretty gory."

"Damian, do you understand how I feel? It felt like going to the toilet during a movie and when I came back, I missed all the action. If you don't show me, I'll keep wondering." "But Mr. Carter said not to show you."

I gave him a stern look. "Are you going to listen to him, or to me?"

"When Mr. Carter's around, I listen to him. When he's not, I listen to you," he admitted honestly.

"Is he here now?"

"No."

"Then who should you listen to?"

Damian let out a long sigh and gave in, "Fine, I'll listen to you, Mrs. Carter. Just don't tell Mr. Carter. Or tell him, I will just get another slap."