Chapter 144: Unraveling Truths

James looked at her in surprise. “What evidence are you talking about? You never spoke about this evidence with me!”

“Yes, I plan to use this evidence as a trump card,” she said to both of them. She brought out her phone and played the video for them. They looked at the video in surprise as they saw how Alex was being aggressive and pulling Isabella’s hair.

James sat there, stunned, just staring at the video. He couldn’t believe that Alex could really do this to Isabella, and he couldn’t even utter a word due to the shock he was experiencing. He immediately sank deep into his chair, lost in thought as Trisha and Rachel looked at him, waiting for him to say something.

Then, out of the blue, he said, “I wouldn’t let Alex do this to Isabella. I was letting go of Isabella because I thought Alex was going to take better care of her. But no, I would not let Alex do this to Isabella. I love Isabella so much, and I was ready to let go of her for the sake of her happiness, but I can’t watch someone else treat her this way. She deserves to be treated better, and I won’t let Alex do this to her!” he said angrily as he stood up, ready to go and show Isabella’s parents the truth about Alex, even showing the video as evidence so that they wouldn’t allow Alex to marry their daughter.

But before he could even take three steps, Trisha’s phone rang. She picked up the call and put it on speaker, seeing as it was the prosecutor.

“Hello, please. Is this Trisha?” the prosecutor said.

“Yes, it’s me, Trisha. Why did you call?”

“I called you because I was unable to get through to Alex. It seems like Lily’s parents are planning to end this case right here at our prison. They don’t want the case to go to court anymore, and it seems like their plan is working out. I guess Lily is going to come out of prison soon,” the prosecutor said to Trisha as all of them stood there, stunned, listening to the conversation.

The prosecutor ended the call immediately after passing the information to them. All of them stood there stunned, nobody moving and nobody uttering a word. Then James spoke out, “I wouldn’t let this happen. I would not let Lily get out of prison. She has to pay. She has to pay for what she did to Isabella. What if Isabella had died due to that poison? Isabella is in an unconscious state and she’s still in a coma just because of Lily! If she hadn’t poisoned her that day, which led to her memory loss, she wouldn’t have had to undergo an operation that would make her regain her memory and have her lying there unconscious ever since the operation was successful!”

He said to Trisha and Rachel, “I will not let her get out of that prison. I have something that I can hold against Lily. I have a discussion to make with Lily, just between the both of us and I’m going there to see her right now. She can’t get out of that prison!” James declared to himself as he started walking towards the door.

After receiving Lily's call, Alex immediately stomped out of the house and got into his car and drove off to prison ready to see Lily immediately.

As he got there and requested for an audience with Lily, Lily was immediately brought before him.

As Lily smiled and looked at Alex through the glass, she picked up the phone booth and Alex did also.

“So they are getting you out of prison soon, right?” Alex said.

“Do you think I don't know what you, James, and Isabella have been hiding from me for so long now?” he continued.

“I know the reason why you poisoned Isabella. I know why James and Isabella seem close to each other. I know everything now. I know the truth about James and Isabella's relationship together,” he said to Lily.

As Lily looked at him stone-faced, she didn't realize that Alex already knew the truth and she decided to come clean and tell him the truth.

She fell for Alex's trap.

Alex only said those things to make Lily speak. To make her tell him the truth about James and Isabella's relationship so that he could have a clear vision of how they came to be in a relationship and be convinced that they really were in a relationship.

As Lily started speaking, “Wow. So you know now. I guess you were bound to find out sooner or later. Yes, Isabella and James were really in a relationship. And I even have evidence against them. I have video clips of them being together. I have video clips of them sitting and holding hands together. I even have a picture of them kissing. Even your brother John knew about their relationship. He once caught them in the scene inside James's office. I have different videos and pictures of Isabella and James inside James's office while they were cheating on you. I only did those things I did to Isabella because I loved James and I wanted her to leave James alone. Now you get a clear picture of why I decided to poison Isabella. Yes, I love James. And because James could not resist Isabella, I had to do what I did to separate her from James.”

“Yes, Isabella and James were really in a relationship. I didn't want to say anything to you so that you wouldn't feel bad. But since you already found out the truth, I guess now is the time to come clean.”

“Don’t you see it?. You have no idea of what happened inside James's office between him and Isabella. You have no idea of what they did. The secrets, affairs they hid behind your back. You have no idea of the unimaginable things they did in his office. Even on his table,” Lily said sarcastically, purposely fueling the anger that was already boiling inside Alex.