Debby York covered her face, “It’s not like that, it’s not like that, you’re not sorry, it’s me …”
“Yourself?” Christine White’s eyes narrowed when she heard this, “No, it’s definitely not you, tell me, did someone put you up to this?”
Debby York’s mind was stunned, how she hadn’t expected her to guess it at once.
“No, I did it myself, no one instructed me.” Debby York was trembling slightly, unwilling to tell the truth.
But how could Christine White not see that she was deliberately lying, her heart became more and more disappointed in her, “You refuse to say it, right? Can, then let me guess, you don’t have a grudge against my grandfather, you won’t directly harm him, the person who really wants to harm him is grandfather’s enemy, and grandfather’s enemy …”
Speaking of which, Christine White suddenly thought of something and her demeanor snapped, “Molly Bort? It was Molly Bort wasn’t it? Did she put you up to this?”
She remembered that time in the parking lot of the nursing home when Molly Bort had said something about wishing the old man would die.
So this thing, in all likelihood, is what Molly Bort told Debby York to do.
There was also that time when Molly Bort inexplicably showed up outside of Yu’s parents’ hospital room, supposedly to see if Debby York could be the pawn.
When you think about it that way, it all makes sense.
“Why don’t you say something, I was right wasn’t I, Molly Bort put you up to this.” Christine White looked at Debby York with indignation, her fists clenched dead tight on both sides.
Debby York turned around, her back to her, avoiding her eyes, “No Christine don’t you dare say that, it has nothing to do with her.”
“You’re bullshitting me, the look on your face tells me I’m right, Molly Bort put you up to this, why did she ask you to poison my grandfather, did she threaten you?” Christine White grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her around forcefully.
Debby York turned around, but her eyes were closed tightly, how she wouldn’t open her eyes to look at Christine White, she just begged, “Christine, don’t make me do it, okay, I’m not going to say anything about this, I’m sorry about this, I’m …”
“Sorry?” Christine White let go of her and looked at her like she was a stranger, “Debby York, do you have any idea what you’re talking about, you’re poisoning an eighty year old man, if my grandfather hadn’t gotten medical attention in time, the man would be dead right now, and you’re going to blow it all away with an apology?”
“Poisoning?” Debby York’s eyes snapped open, dismay written in her eyes, “What poisoning?”
Debby York’s response stumped Christine White, “You don’t know?”
Debby York shook her head, “I don’t know, what I put down was just a normal laxative, it wasn’t even any poison like you said, and how could a laxative kill someone, Christine don’t scare me. ”
She’s a little scared.
Christine White looked at her coldly, “I scare you? Why would I scare you with something like that, if you don’t believe me, you can come with me to the sanatorium to see what’s really going on, ah, to see if it’s laxative or poison that you’ve put down.”
“No, it can’t be!” Debby York’s eyes widened in shock and she faded back, “She clearly told me it was a laxative, how could it be poison.”
“She’s lying to you.” Christine White gave her a pitying look.
Debby York was shaking more than a little, “Lying to me?”
“Yes, do you think Molly Bort is any good? My bone marrow, my children, are all gone because of this woman, I have an undying hatred for Molly Bort and Molly Bort hates my grandfather’s guts, you think she would just give you a laxative?” Christine White yelled.
Debby York couldn’t contain her emotions any longer and broke down when she heard those words, “How could this happen, I don’t know, I really don’t know, if that drug was really poison, wouldn’t I have killed someone?”
“Yes, you killed someone, you committed intentional homicide by poisoning you know?” Christine White said.
Debby York’s legs went weak with fear and she sat down violently, crumpling and looking at her hands, “Murder … I killed someone, I didn’t mean to ….. … Christine you believe me, I really didn’t do it on purpose, she said she just couldn’t stand that old man and wanted to give that old man a little lesson, so she gave me that bottle of medicine and said it was a laxative, so I took it, I didn’t know it was poison …”
Christine White looked at such a maniacal and out-of-control Debby York, and her heart felt quite uncomfortable.
She slowly crouched down, squatting in front of Debby York, “I believe that you don’t know that it’s poison, but even if that’s really just a laxative, you shouldn’t have helped her ah, my grandpa is already more than eighty years old, his intestines are not good, and he may lose this life if he eats a laxative, how can you …”
“I can’t help it!” Debby York covered her face and burst into tears, “I really had no choice, my parents’ medical and surgical bills were weighing on me, almost crushing me, I just couldn’t get the money, Molly Bort approached me and said that if I helped her with her medication, she’d move my parents out of the country for treatment.”
“So you compromised, did you?” Christine White stood up.
Debby York choked back a sob and nodded, “Yes, I compromised, but I struggled before I compromised, and it was Molly Bort who said that laxatives don’t kill, they just teach a lesson, and I did.”
But she never expected that it wasn’t actually a laxative, but a poison.
“I am so disappointed in you!” Christine White took a step back and pulled away from Debby York, “I considered you my best friend and you betrayed me because of someone else’s words, even if it was for my aunt and uncle, am I not more trustworthy than Molly Bort? Why don’t you come to me for money? I’ll give you whatever you ask for!”
“I can’t afford to pay it back.” Debby York cried and laughed, “I don’t know how long it will take me to pay back that money I asked you to borrow before, let alone hundreds of thousands or millions, so of course I’m going to go with the one where I don’t have to pay it back to get cured.”
“Crazy, you are crazy!” Christine White clasped her hands together, “Debby York, go, turn yourself in with me!”
“I’m not going!” Debby York looked at her with resistance, “I can’t turn myself in, what will my parents do if I do?”
“But what are you going to do if you don’t turn yourself in, you poisoned yourself, it’s intentional homicide, do you think you can get away with it?” Christine White asked her rhetorically.
Debby York hugged herself tightly, “Christine, for the sake of us being friends, will you let me go, I’m going out of the country tomorrow and I’ll never come back, you can just pretend this never happened, he’s not your real grandfather anyway.”
“What are you talking about?” Christine White looked at her incredulously, as if she had a hard time believing it was coming from her.
“Debby , do you have any idea what you’re talking about, are you still the Debby York I know? It’s only been how long and you’re like a different person, what do you mean let me pretend this never happened, it’s a human life, a human life!” Christine White yelled emotionally.
Debby York felt guilty too, but the guilt ultimately didn’t outweigh the fact that she didn’t want to go to jail.
She avoided Christine White’s gaze, not daring to look into Christine White’s disappointed eyes.
“Christine, I know I’m despicable, but I really can’t go to jail, my parents wouldn’t be able to stand it if they knew I did something like this, Christine, I’m begging you, let me go!”
“Let you go?” Christine White gasped and laughed, taking several deep breaths in a row before suppressing the urge not to storm out, “How do you want me to let me go, you almost killed my grandfather, even if I let you go, do you think my husband will let you go? By the way, haven’t you always been curious about who my husband is, now let me tell you, my husband is Baird Lane, your former boss!”
“How … how is that possible?” Debby York stood up in horror.