Chapter 105: Rachel’s Redemption Arc

Even though Lily had some trust in Rachel and Beatrice, she felt a nagging sense that something was wrong with Rachel's demeanor, as if Rachel didn’t care about her responses and just wanted to give her a straight answer. Lily quickly stood up, but the policeman was fast to drag her back to her seat, forcefully placing her down. 

“Sit down; you are not allowed to stand up yet,” he muttered to her as she looked at the police and then back at Rachel, who didn’t even glance at her but slowly began to walk towards Isabella.

“I know you have no memories of me and you cannot remember me. If I say these things to you, you might think, and everyone else would think that I just want to wish something bad for you. But I just wish you would never remember because only if you never remember would I be able to be by your side for as long as possible. I am sorry for being a bad friend. I am sorry for not always being by your side, for going against you. Even though I was the one who pushed you to do whatever you did, I still could not protect you, and I am forever sorry for that. But please, I am here to redeem myself for everything I have done. I am here to redeem myself again, and I am so, so sorry that I ever made you doubt me,” Rachel said to Isabella, but Isabella did not understand anything because she didn't even know who Rachel was. Rachel looked like a totally new face to her, and all she could do was nod blankly.

“I don’t really know you, Paul. I am glad that you want to be my friend and that you are trying your best to help me. Paul, I just help whatever you are trying to help me. I don’t really have to pay you back for that,” Isabella said, trying to be polite.

Rachel laughed softly. “No, I am paying you back for all my bad deeds, for going against you, for betraying you. I was trying to end your engagement with Alex. I always tried to corner you everywhere because I thought Lily was better and she would do better than you could ever do. I am so sorry.”

Lily, unable to contain her anger, stood up instantly, dodged through the policeman, and hurriedly rushed to Rachel, grabbing her tightly by the collar and almost choking her. 

“Let me go!” Rachel pleaded, gasping for breath, but Lily wouldn’t release her. 

“I cannot. You would not dare leak my secret to anybody!” Lily yelled, but Rachel was unyielding.

“There is nothing you are going to say to me today that will make me change my mind. Yes, I will tell everyone the truth. I will let everybody know that you are a bad person. You orchestrated everything. You wanted her to seem like the foolish one. You just wanted all your plans to work out the way you wanted them to. And I will not let it go that way. I won’t let you continue to deceive everybody!” Rachel yelled back at Lily, lifting up the video camera.

“Everything you have done, right from day one, has been recorded. I made sure to video you. That was why I was always by your side. Even when you insulted me, even when you threw me out, I made sure to video you. Even when Christian and Isabella questioned why I would betray them, I still continued to video you because I wanted the whole world to know how bad you are. Because I knew you would get to a stage where you would do something and be able to keep it a secret until the last moment. I videoed everything. Everything. You know why I didn’t just do audio? Because I knew they would need evidence of your face. You might want to act smart and behave like you can outsmart things. That was why I made sure that I took videos of you from every corner,” Rachel said boldly.

Lily's gaze instantly turned icy, and her hands flew to smash the video camera into pieces. But Isabella was quick to catch it, holding it tightly in an uncomfortable position. Alex rushed to help her as she stood up.

“Are you trying to destroy the last bit of evidence to at least help yourself? If you can even say the truth, you might be forgiven in court,” Isabella said innocently, not fully grasping the situation.

“Shut up your dirty trap! You don’t even know what you’re getting me involved in! It is all your fault! You should just get out of my life for good!” Lily yelled, causing all the police officers to stand up.

One of them, who was quick on his feet, made a video quickly, motioning for the security cameras to focus on Lily, knowing this would be important. 

“Do whatever you want, okay? I am just tired of this. I am tired of watching you guys make me seem like a fool. Yes, I did what I did. I did what I did, and I will continue to do it. I hate you, Isabella. I want you to know that, and I want you to continue knowing that. I hate you so much!” Lily continued to yell. 

“Yes, I wanted to keep calm and watch everyone act like fools. But now there’s no use. There’s no use in keeping calm or pretending to be a fool. You will die no matter what. Even if I don’t get to eliminate you, somebody else will do it. You’re just so foolish. You did not close your window. You are not going to escape this!” she said angrily, her voice echoing in the tension-filled room.

“You really are one crazy bitch lily!” Tricia yelled now knowing that any word used towards lily would make her more angry and liable to spit out all the truth.