The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 716

"Alright, let's move on to the next case. You harbored a grudge against Octavia and Latham, obsessing over the accident from all those years ago..."

"...so you orchestrated a car accident for their son, didn't you?"

Fallon's heart skipped a beat, completely caught off guard that the police had traced Lance's accident back to her so quickly.

She hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Officer, could there be some kind of misunderstanding?"

"Even though I hate Latham and Octavia, I only wanted to get back at them."

"Wasn't that accident related to the demolition project?"

"What does that have to do with me?"

Fallon tried to defend herself, but the officer cut her off impatiently. "Lance wasn't even your target; you were after Latham all along!"

"Latham usually drove that car. You completely didn't expect Lance to take his father's vehicle to the Westside that day, did you?"

"I..." Fallon's gaze darted around nervously.

The officer stared her down. "Fallon, the fact that we're asking you this means we already have evidence!"

"We expect you to tell the truth instead of beating around the bush."

At first, Fallon tried to lie her way out of it, but after a full twenty-four hours of interrogation, she finally confessed to her crimes in detail.

With Fallon caving, Lance's accident case became much easier to handle.

And the accident from all those years ago was quickly dug up by the police.

Octavia was taken away by the police right from the hospital.

Cindy was utterly stunned. "Why are you taking my mother?"

"We found that she is connected to a car accident from over a decade ago, and we need to take her in to assist with the investigation."

Seeing Cindy crying so pitifully, the officer offered a brief explanation.

Cindy was bewildered. Why did they need her mother to cooperate in an investigation for a case that happened so long ago?

"Are there new leads?"

But Cindy looked up and spotted her.

"Claire!" Cindy marched over aggressively.

Claire stopped in her tracks. "What do you want?"

Cindy's eyes were red. "Did you do this?"

"Can't you stand seeing me happy? First Fallon got in trouble, and now my mother. You did all of this, didn't you?"

Cindy was lashing out like a cornered animal, and Claire didn't even care to argue with her.

"What happened? I just got to the hospital, and you're already throwing these massive accusations at me?"

Cindy didn't buy it. "What do you mean you just got here? I know you did it, so stop making excuses."

"You just want your spot back as the heiress of The James Family, right? I'll give it back to you, just let my mother go!"

Cindy was completely panicked; she couldn't survive without her mother.