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Chapter 542
The lady owner became a little defensive. “That waiter should be in the staff dorm right now. He asked for a half-
day leave ’cause he wasn’t feeling too well. Why are you looking for him. anyway?”
“I have some questions I want to ask him about what happened in Bamboo Forest today,” Corinne replied.
“But I’ve already asked him what happened in Bamboo Forest. He said he had nothing to do with the kid getting
burned. Forgive me for saying this, but you all shouldn’t involve my staff in whatever grievances you have with each
other. He’s just a young kid who has no choice but to come out and work to support his family.”
Corinne nodded and smiled to show she empathized with the lady owner’s concern. “Don’t worry. I just want to ask
him some questions. I promise I won’t make his life any more difficult than it already is.”
On one hand, the lady owner wanted to protect her staff, and on the other, she did not want to offend her
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcustomers so after thinking it through, she called out to one of the waiters who was cleaning up a table and said,
“Go to the staff dorm and tell Oliver to come to see me.”
Very soon after, Oliver came walking into the restaurant with his head drooping.
“Ma’am, you’ve asked to see me?”
“The customers who dined in Bamboo Forest this afternoon want to ask you some questions. but there’s no need to
worry ’cause you only need to tell them what you’ve told me,” said the
lady owner.
Oliver raised his head and looked toward where the lady owner was pointing. His face immediately tensed up when
he saw Corinne and the others standing there. However, the next moment, he pointed at Corinne and shouted,
“Ma’am, that’s her! She was the one who snatched the bowl of soup away from me. I was carrying the soup over to
her friend over there when she snatched the bowl of soup away from me and threw it all over the kid who came
with them!”
Everyone immediately turned to look at Corinne with judgment and anger in their eyes.
Corine was sure that Oliver was the waiter who brought in the bowl of soup to them. However, it was weird how his
story perfectly matched up with Anya’s. Her expression gradually became complicated, not because everyone was
looking at her with accusing eyes, but because she knew she did not hurt Joey and yet she could not explain why
Anya and Oliver, who did not seem like they knew each other, could come up with the same lie!
From this, Corinne could confirm that Anya and Oliver had some secret way of contacting each other to make sure
both of their stories synced up. She initially thought what happened to
Joey was pure accident, that Oliver ran away because he was afraid of the consequences, and that Anya thought
she might as well use this opportunity to frame Corinne, but now she knew things were not as simple as they
seemed.
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The truth was even more abominable.
If her conjecture was true, it would mean Anya told Oliver beforehand what he should. say to the others and it
would also mean, Oliver did not accidentally tripped and caused the bowl of soup to fall onto Joey but he did it
intentionally and under Anya’s order!
‘It was not an accident at all. Anya planned this all along just so she could make me look bad. What kind of mother
would do this to her child? She’s a monster!’ thought Corinne. She was shocked at the discovery and also shocked
at what a person would be willing to do to achieve.
their aim.
“Corinne, the witness already came out with the truth so what do you have to say for yourself?
asked Lucas angrily. His patience was at its limits and he wished for nothing more than to lock Corinne up in jail and
throw away the key.
“Corinne, why don’t you just come clean already? If you do, I promise I’ll ask my brother to go. easy on you,” said
Anya tearfully.
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