Chapter 926: Chapter 926: Feels Like I’m Losing My Mind
The cleaner lady’s lips twitched, her eyes constantly glancing at the box of money. It was obvious she was tempted, but she seemed to hesitate, gritting her teeth fiercely before shaking her head.
“Giving me money is useless. I really don’t know anything. I haven’t seen any of these people.”
Joseph Sanders’ expression turned even colder, and the suppressed rage in his eyes broke free.
Who knew how much patience he had already spent keeping her here.
Since she wouldn’t take a polite offer, he no longer needed to be courteous with her.
“Fine, break his leg.” Joseph Sanders pointed at the middle-aged man.
His voice had just fallen when the middle-aged man immediately opened his eyes wide in fear, shivering all over, “Wh… why? No, no, she said, she said, she said.”
The bodyguards didn’t care about any of this and immediately stepped forward to drag him out.
The middle-aged man was held by two bodyguards but still had a chance to speak. He glared at the woman fiercely, “Say what they want you to say, quickly, do you want to see them break my leg?”
The cleaner lady burst into tears, rushing over, “No, don’t break my husband’s leg, please.”
Joseph Sanders laughed lightly, his face full of chilling indifference, “Then tell me what you saw that day.”
The cleaner’s face turned white as a sheet, and she cried out, “They won’t let me say it. They won’t let me speak. They threatened me. What if I say it, and they come after me later? I’m just an ordinary person. I’m scared. I’m so afraid.”
The cleaner trembled all over, collapsing on the ground in fear.
She was in a dilemma, regretting why she had to show off and bring this disaster upon herself.
Joseph Sanders had no patience to listen to her anymore, “If you tell us, we can keep you safe.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
The cleaner was still hesitating, and the middle-aged man was anxious, unable to stop urging her loudly. Their daughter also cried in fear beside them.
Under immense pressure, the cleaner finally stammered, “I’ll tell, I’ll tell. The women you mentioned, I saw them. In the bathroom, that day, the girl was leaning against the wall outside the bathroom. I saw she didn’t look well, so I asked if she was sick.
Then she showed a terrified expression and immediately turned and ran. I thought it odd at the time. Shortly, two women, the ones in your photos, came out of the bathroom, chasing after her. They also looked frightened. I even heard them say, ‘It’s bad.’
I thought something happened, so I followed them, only to see them drag the girl into the nearby warehouse.
At that moment, I realized something was wrong. I hesitated about whether to call someone, but soon a man came to find me. He was probably their bodyguard. He gave me a bag of money, twenty thousand, and told me not to speak of what happened today. If I spoke, my family and I would suffer too.”
The cleaner noticed Joseph Sanders’ face growing darker, and her voice grew quieter.
Joseph Sanders closed his eyes deeply, “Continue.”
“And… and… I knew that since I saw it, even if I didn’t take the money, they wouldn’t let me go, so I took it and promised not to speak about it.
The whole thing was like that… I truly only saw it, did nothing else, and under their threats, I didn’t dare speak.
I don’t want the money now, don’t want anything. Please, let us go.” The cleaner was too nervous to speak coherently.
After listening to the cleaner’s complete account, everyone looked uncomfortable.
What the cleaner said was almost exactly what Hope Williams had suspected.
Joseph Sanders took a deep breath, “Did you hear what those two women said in the bathroom?”
The cleaner shook her head repeatedly, “No, I didn’t hear anything.”
Joseph Sanders frowned.
“Really, I swear I didn’t hear anything.”
This time, the cleaner spoke firmly, not like she was lying.
Joseph Sanders didn’t speak again, and the cleaner hurried over to hold her daughter and husband, “Please don’t hurt us. I’ve said everything I saw. I don’t want any money, just please let us go.”
Aria Richardson looked at the cleaner and sighed, “Don’t worry, we won’t trouble you. We just need you to say these things in front of everyone when the time comes.”
“But… that means I’ll have to face those who threatened me. If they know I spoke, they won’t let me go.”
Wyatt Lewis’ sharp eyes grew colder, “Don’t worry, they can’t even protect themselves now, and have no chance to come after you, but if you don’t speak up and bring them to justice, that’s a different story.”
The cleaner quickly nodded, “I’ll say it. I’ll definitely say everything.”
“Okay, then come with us now.”
The cleaner nodded heavily.
At the hospital.
Emma Winton sat in the hospital room, a heavy feeling in her chest, a vague sense of unease.
She hadn’t slept all night and was trembling all over now, feeling like she was losing her mind.
“Chloe, where is my dad? Where did he go? Why isn’t he back yet? I’m a little scared.”
Zoey Sanders was tightly guarded, out of Emma’s reach. With Zoey possibly waking up at any moment, each passing second was torture for Emma.
Chloe Woods paced anxiously, “Emma, I’ll call Uncle. Don’t worry, don’t be anxious.”