Chapter 246 Malicious Woman
“Great! You finally woke up,” Anne said, seeing Meryl open her eyes, and excitedly hugged her.
The doctor examined Meryl’s condition but couldn’t determine the cause of her fainting. She just wouldn’t wake up, which worried everyone immensely.
Lydia, who had fallen down the stairs with Meryl, had woken up in the middle of the night yesterday.
“It was Lydia who pushed you down, right?” Anne asked, grabbing Meryl’s hand. “That venomous woman even claimed you pushed her.”
Meryl didn’t expect to see Malcolm and Bianca there alongside Anne. She thought, “They must have come to check on Lydia and coincidentally decided to see me. After all, Chandler is here. They finally caught a chance to win his favor.”
As Meryl scanned the crowd, she caught sight of Dalton and Lydia entering from outside.
Seeing them, Anne became furious. “You two dare to show up? Lydia, I don’t believe a word you say!”
“Anne, whether you believe it or not, it was indeed Meryl who pushed me,” Lydia said tearfully.
Anne angrily retorted, “Really? If Meryl pushed you, how could she have fallen down the stairs with you?”
Lydia bit her lip, unable to provide a reason.
She had planned to pretend that Meryl pushed her down, and when she woke up, she would firmly claim that Meryl was the one who did it. She thought, “By then, I would have injuries, looking pitiful. Anyone who saw me would sympathize with my plight. Even if Chandler favored Meryl, he couldn’t just let her get away with this. After all, he is the head of the household and my elder. Even if Chandler still protects Meryl, the facts would be in front of him, and Meryl would have to bear responsibility. In that case, my parents would still love me, Dalton would cherish me, and Meryl would become the villain in everyone’s eyes. Just like three years ago, she would be scorned by all.”
But when Lydia woke up, she discovered that Meryl had fallen with her. When Lydia regained consciousness yesterday, Dalton was at her bedside. Dalton asked her what had happened. Lydia told Dalton that it was Meryl’s doing, but Dalton looked at her with a doubtful gaze.
His tone was cold and questioning. “Really? I want to hear the truth.”
“Of course, I’m telling the truth,” Lydia insisted urgently. She hadn’t expected that after getting hurt, Dalton would doubt her honesty.
“You say Meryl pushed you, but why did she fall as well?” Dalton asked.
Upon hearing this, Lydia was stunned. The moment she fell, she hit her forehead on the steps and lost consciousness, so she had no idea how Meryl also fell.
Lydia froze for a few seconds. However, those few seconds of silence made Dalton more convinced that she was feeling guilty.
“Lydia, are you lying?” Dalton looked at her disappointingly.
“Dalton, I don’t know how Meryl fell, but it was definitely her who pushed me,” Lydia said, her head still bandaged and her mind hazy. “I did lie before, but you can’t doubt what I’m saying now just because I lied once. Could it be that after she pushed me down, she was afraid we would blame her and therefore deliberately rolled down herself?”