Chapter 528

Under Cindy’s pressure, the bodyguards could only open the door.

“You may go now! You might need to help out in the backyard,” Cindy ordered. After the bodyguards
left, she quickly rushed inside the room.

“Mom, how are you?” Cindy asked in a worried tone.

Malorie bought her act. She sighed and complained, “Rick has been bewitched by that little witch! He
even locked me up because of her!”

Cindy could tell that Malorie hated Arielle. She pretended that she did not know anything. “Little Witch?
Who is that? Did someone come here when I was hospitalized?”

Malorie spat hatefully, “That blasted daughter he brought back! She even glared at me last night!”

“Arielle did that?” Cindy pretended to be shocked. “You’ll need to tell Rick about this and have him
make Arielle move out. Since I’m her stepmother, it’s not really my place to do that, if you know what I
mean.”

Malorie replied, “I’ll talk to Rick now!”

“Don’t…” Cindy hurriedly stopped her. “Shandie’s funeral is more important. It’ll be more appropriate to
talk to him after the funeral ends and all the guests leave.”

“Fine!”

Both of them walked toward the backyard together.

When Henrick saw Malorie, his expression turned grim. He frowned and looked at Cindy.

Seeing the cold glare, Cindy felt that Henrick was unhappy with her.



However, she did not think much about it. She assumed that he was unhappy that she had brought
Malorie out of her room.

Since Henrick did not say anything, Cindy tended to the other guests after talking to Malorie for a while.

Soon, the funeral began.

Cindy could not help but cry again. In the end, she could not even stand still..

Without the strength to even get up, she thought that Henrick would come and help her. However, the
latter was still talking to other guests.

That was when Cindy realized that something was amiss. After the funeral ended and all the guests
were eating, she pulled Henrick aside and asked, “Rick, are you mad at me because I let Mom come
out of her room?”

Henrick looked at her with a complex expression. As the veins bulged on his forehead, he replied, “It’s
nothing! I need to take care of the guests now. We’ll talk after they leave.”

Since Henrick did not tell Cindy the reason right away, she got anxious.

Before she could say anything though, Henrick went back to talking with the other guests again.

Yet, Cindy and Henrick did not notice that Arielle was watching both of them from afar.

There was a smirk on her face. She knew that Henrick went to the psychiatric hospital just now. Clearly,
Carter had done as Arielle had instructed as well.

Arielle raised her eyebrow and sat down in front of an empty table before she started eating. She
looked extremely clueless and innocent.



Beside her, the guests started talking about Russell.

“Why is Mr. Actonward not here? He was still here when Shandie passed away.”

“Didn’t you see the news? Russell’s daughter was murdered by her cousin. She suffered a terrible
death!”

“What? Really?”

“Yes! I heard that Russell still hasn’t found Yvette’s complete body yet. He certainly has no time nor
mood to attend a funeral.”

At that moment, another guest chimed in, “The Actonwards and the Southalls have lost their daughters
one after the other, and they’re relatives. Maybe their

families are having a stroke of bad luck due to a jinx?”

Right at that moment, Cindy was approaching them with Malorie.

Although Malorie was old, she still had a sharp sense of hearing. Her body stiffened upon hearing the
guest’s words.


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