Chapter 109

But luckily, her class was pretty much left alone by the school and teachers, and there were always students who just suddenly stopped coming to class.

Alarieka coughed a few times and said softly, “I’m at the hospital.”

“Hospital? You were sick?!”

Alarieka said, “Something happened, I wanted you to help me with something.”

Jaylene quickly agreed, “Okay, I’ll come to the hospital to find you. Where are you now?”

Jaylene ran into the hospital room and grabbed her shoulders, looking her up and down: “What’s wrong with you? What are you sick with?”

Alarieka gently patted the back of her hand and said softly, “I’m fine, I can leave the hospital soon.”

She told Jaylene, in just a few words, what Rhett had done at the Argent’s villa and what Rhett had accused her of.

Jaylene listened, her eyes slowly widening, then she clapped her hands and said angrily: “Rhett dared to do that, he was actually that kind of person?! And he even accused you?!”

Alarieka nodded, held her fist to her lips, and coughed a few times. “So I wanted to ask you for a favor.”

“What is it? Go ahead.”

“I remembered you were close with Rhett, so I wanted to ask if there was anything going on in his family that needed money urgently?”

“I’m looking into it now. If I can’t figure it out, I’ll have to take the blame for Rhett molesting Roschelle.”

“It was totally certain that someone had given Rhett some benefits; otherwise, there was no way he would have done something like that and even accused me.”

Jaylene thought for a moment, her expression suddenly relaxed, and her tone became more serious.

“I just remembered, Rhett’s parents got divorced when he was little. He lived with his dad. His mom rarely came back to see him. Later I heard his mom got stomach cancer a few years ago, and she passed away a few days ago.”

“I heard him say a few days ago that he was going to the cemetery to see his mom, and I heard from others that his mom’s grave was over on the east side of the city.”

East of the city.

Alarieka’s eyes moved.

That area in the east of the city was called a great spot. Rich people from this city and even other cities all came there to pick out graves. The price per square meter had already been driven up to a sky–high level.

Rhett’s family wasn’t well–off, so how could they afford such an expensive grave plot?

Vaguely, Alarieka seemed to sense that she was getting closer to the truth.

Without further delay, Alarieka decided to leave the hospital right away and took a cab with Jaylene to the East City Cemetery.

She and Jaylene stood in front of an out–of–place graveyard.

The other tombstones all said stuff like this person’s great achievements or big accomplishments.

Only the tombstone of this middle–aged woman in front of me had a yellowed photo and a short sentence.

“Hope in the next life you were safe and happy, everything went smoothly.”

In the photo, the middle–aged woman’s eyes crinkled with lots of wrinkles when she smiled. Her smile was kind, bright, and a little shy. Her eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like Rhett’s.

Jaylene whispered, “It’s Rhett’s mom, I’ve seen her.”

“Rhett’s parents got divorced because his dad was abusive. His mom had been a housewife with no income since they got married, so when they divorced, the court gave him to his dad.”

“Rhett was a filial kid. After he found out his mom had stomach cancer, he always planned to do odd jobs to pay for her treatment, but his mom was already in the late stage of stomach cancer and couldn’t be saved.”

“His mom was already so poor that she made a living by picking up trash.”

“How did Rhett have money to buy a grave here?”

No need to answer, Alarieka and Jaylene already had the answer in their hearts.

Jaylene glanced at Alarieka and asked quietly, “Still checking?”

After a moment, Alarieka didn’t answer.

A gust of wind suddenly blew over, and Alarieka said, “Check.”

Alarieka immediately told the police about Rhett’s mom’s grave.

The police worked fast. In less than half a day, they gave the name of the person who bought the cemetery plot.

Calvin.

At that time, Alarieka sat in front of Rhett, looking at him calmly and said, “I understand you have your reasons, but I don’t want to be wrongly accused for no reason either.”

Rhett hung his head, sounding down. “I know, it was my fault, I’m sorry.”

Rhett lifted his handcuffed hands and wiped his tears.