Chapter 9

"I didn't do it."

"Weren’t you the one who refused to let them use the medical resources? Weren’t you responsible for that boy’s death? Wasn’t that why his father attacked you? And didn’t you deliberately shift the blame and cause an innocent person to be injured?"

"Look at you! Aren't you worried about your family getting punished for what you did?"

The people got angrier as they spoke. Some of them deliberately shoved into Lily, and she cradled her wound to do her best not to let it reopen.

When she heard their words, it felt as though something had seized her heart.

She could not forget how Ninian and Shaun had told her to just wait when she begged them to save her mother, or how her mother had died, and Shaun had told her not to file a police complaint and to just forgive Ninian.

Most of all, she could not forget that her mother had been buried without her permission. She was humiliated even in her death.

"I told you that it wasn't me! If you don't believe me, check the security footage!"

"You mean this? Mr. Stone said that you're the person in charge. Why are you still lying?"

A reporter played the video. It showed Shaun personally claimed that Lily was responsible.

The revelation struck Lily’s heart like a crushing blow.

At that moment, she understood why Shaun had come to her yesterday. He was worried that the incident must have been attracting more and more attention.

She clenched her fists and wanted to go look for Shaun.

But when she tried to leave, police officers walked toward her.

"Are you Lily Quinn? There was a murder case in your hospital recently, and we need you to cooperate with us for an investigation."

"I will, but I need to see someone first," she said anxiously, but she could not find Shaun.

The police officers took hold of her and escorted her away.

As she left with them, she saw Shaun carrying Ninian into the car and fastening the seatbelt for her.

"Shaun!" she roared at him indignantly.

Why? Why was he doing this to her?

…

Lily spent six days in detention. During that time, she could barely sleep or eat because Ninian had told the people there to make sure she was treated "nicely."

They drenched her bed with water at night and threw her food into the trash.

The people there did not hit her but did everything else to torment her.

"Well, what's this? It looks like a charm."

"There are words written on it. ‘Stay safe and happy, my beloved daughter.' How touching!"

"Isn't that right? Miss Quinn has been sent to detention. I'm sure her mother's heart is aching for her."

Lily had been sitting in a corner and staring blankly into space when she heard that. She whipped her head up and saw the group leader twirling a charm between her fingers. Lily's mother had given that to her.

It was one of the few possessions she had left to remember her mother by.

She instantly shot to her feet. "Where did you get that?!"

"Someone gave it to me, of course. It looks nice. Pity that it's going to get ruined."

"Give it back!"

She rushed forward and tried to snatch the charm back, but those women toyed with her and kept throwing it between them. They forced her to run back and forth to catch it.

"Come now! Try grabbing it!"

"Why are you still acting like a pampered heiress while here? You still don't know your place, do you?"

"If you want to ask for a favor, beg for it. Do you understand?" The group leader tossed the charm up in the air and caught it.

The others snickered and waited for her to make a fool of herself.

Lily cradled her wound. Her wound had never properly healed, and every day she had spent in detention had felt like a year.

Gritting her teeth, she charged at the ringleader and tackled her to the floor.