Chapter 103: Silent Suspect

Upon arriving at the station, Lily became absolutely silent. It was a tactic she had learned from experts, people who had done things like this, who had committed crimes, who had hurt others. They decided to act like the silent ones, the ones who could not say a word, who could not even utter a sound. She sat there, upright, staring directly at the inspector as he looked at her cunningly, unable to understand why she was not saying a word after the police had clearly told her that she had been shouting like a maniac and claiming that she did not do anything to Isabella. But now, she was so silent that she was not even uttering a word, merely dusting off everyone, not even shaking or breaking eye contact with the inspector. He couldn't help but laugh in confusion.

“Are you really that crazy, or what exactly is your problem?” he asked. “I have been questioning you now for minutes, yet you are not saying anything to me. Could you at least tell me who gave you that herb? Why did you take it? What was your aim? What made you do something like that to Isabella? Do you know if you say the truth and if Isabella is at fault, you can actually call her here and defame her for anything? But you are not uttering a word; you are just staring at us with a stupid smirk on your face, which is pissing me off, and I feel like smacking you on the cheek right now!” the inspector yelled as Lily just blinked and quickly changed her little smirk to a wide smile.

“Should I be smiling like this?” she uttered as the other officer, who was going through some files, turned to her and laughed, surprised that she was finally talking. Just then, Tricia walked in, and at that same moment, Alex entered with Isabella and Mirabel. However, Isabella did not recognize any of them, which shocked Tricia. She turned around and quickly rushed to hug Isabella, but Isabella did not hug her back. It wasn't because she had any issue with her or because she didn't want to; it was simply because she had no memory of ever meeting Tricia before. 

“Who are you?” she asked Tricia, who was in shock but, knowing it was not Isabella's fault, smiled. 

“I won’t blame you for forgetting me, for I was your best friend. I have been the one by your side. I was the one who investigated Lily, who did something as absurd as what she did to you, and I want you to make her pay for everything. She will not leave this place scot-free. If she doesn't bring back your memories, your good memories of everything, then she should go to hell,” Tricia said angrily as the police tapped her on the shoulder.

“You have to lower your voice. This is not a war, okay? If Lily does not open her mouth and say a word to us, we have no way forward. We are just going around in circles without a destination. If she really doesn’t talk, I don’t think we can take this case to court. At least she should act like a maniac the way she did at her hostel. She’s doing none of that, and that is very bad. We need to get words out of her. Everything is being recorded, and she’s so silent you can’t even blame her for anything, let alone defame her. So she has to talk,” the police officer said to Tricia, who was confused.

“What do you mean she has to talk? She is the one! There is enough evidence pointing at her that she is the one who did everything to Isabella, who made her life frustrating, who made her forget everything. What other information do you people need that you don't have? Is it until she stamps it on her head like a tattoo telling you she’s a killer or what?” Tricia said angrily as Alex was still trying his best to calm his anger, not wanting to show it to anybody. Instead, he walked towards the policeman and smiled.

“You don’t even know what exactly is wrong with you. I just cannot say anything. But this is just rubbish. This is the second time we’ve come to the police station, and yet the argument remains the same. You still favor Lily. Do you have anything to do with her, or are you related to her? Because at this stage, I’m thinking you are related to her. The way you support her, help her, and make sure that she gets out of this scot-free despite the fact that she is the bad person,” Alex said angrily as the policeman laughed loudly.

“I think you don’t even know what is going on. Only Lily will tell you what I said to her. How I angrily yelled at her for making us believe her the first time she acted all crazy at the hostel. Tricia is proof. Only for us to get in front of the police door, and she immediately went silent. I have sat her there for ages begging her to say a word. But there are things we don’t expect that she utters, things that don’t matter because she knows she’s being recorded, and anything she says would be used against her. She knows if she rejects the fact that she did it again, she would still be taken to court. But for the fact that she’s keeping quiet, I don’t know what her plan is. This girl is cunning,” the police said angrily as Alex was unable to hold in his anger. 

Knowing that the police were also speaking the truth, he hurriedly rushed towards Lily and pulled her up by her clothes. Yet she remained so calm, something she would never do on a normal day. She was actually staying calm while Alex was threatening her with his hands wrapped around her collar.

“You should better talk, okay? Stop acting innocent. I know that you did it. Everybody knows. Now open your mouth and say it so you will be apprehended for it. Stop acting innocent!” Alex said angrily as the officers moved in to drag him back. 

As Isabella stood there in confusion, she could not remember anything but was staring at Lily. It felt like flashbacks were about to come back to her head, like she was about to remember things instantly, like she could remember Lily's face.