Chapter 73: Facing the Law

“Please, Isabella, just open your eyes for me. Please don't make me continue to beg you and pray to God in vain. Just show me that you are okay. I don't mind coming here every day just to take care of you. As long as I see those eyes open and I see that smile, that white smile you always give me. That assurance smile you always put on your face despite everything you go through. Please don't leave me like this. I beg you, please, please give me this one chance and come back to your consciousness. I promise you I will listen to everything you say. I would never doubt you. I will believe every word that you utter, and I will never ever abandon you when you tell me you don't feel too good.” 

Alex pleaded as he held Isabella's arm and cried, while his mom stood in front of the door, feeling a bit of sympathy. Not just a bit of sympathy, but too much sympathy because she couldn't believe that her son was in a situation like this, pleading for a woman to open her eyes. Yes, she liked Isabella so much, but she did not like the fact that Isabella was making her own son suffer as she stood there watching him from the door. 

His phone immediately rang as Alex stood up from his chair and walked to a corner. 

“Hello, Sister Mirabelle, you already caught the person who poisoned her?” 

Alex said to the phone as his sister laughed. 

“Of course you are going to trust me that I will catch her. They tried to escape, though, but it was a good thing I came at the right time and I did not let anyone leave the room or anyone even enter another room to hide anything. I found who did it, and it was none other than Lily. You were right. Lily was the one who poisoned Isabella. I found the herbs in her bag, and one of the nurses who took it is in a very critical condition and might die.” 

Mirabelle said to Alex as he clutched the collar of his shirt. 

“Oh no. Oh my God. Somebody else is going to die because of Lily's childishness. I don't even know what to do anymore. I hope you already called the police because she is going to jail and she might get to live the rest of her life in jail. Maybe even her parents won't be able to save her because after I am done with her, she won't even want to go back to that school again to try and do anything called studying.” 

Alex said angrily as Mirabelle nodded subconsciously, as if Alex could see her. 

“It is fine; you don't have to panic too much. I have called the police, and they will deal with her. She's still here pleading and claiming she is not the one. Yes, I know. Of course, there are every reason for fingers to be pointed at her, and she is definitely the one. But I am also investigating deeper. I am trying to see if I can find somebody else who was trying to frame her. Somebody else who doesn't like Isabella and wanted to poison her too. You know, everyone publicly saw that Lily did not like Isabella, and they might have used that as an opportunity to poison her, so I will investigate more. Meanwhile, once the police get here, they will be taking Lily with them, okay? Please take care of yourself, and how is Isabella doing?” 

Mirabelle asked as Alex's heart immediately shattered into pieces. 

“She's still in the same position. I am praying every day that she opens her eyes and even looks at me with a reassuring smile. I feel like my conscience is judging me badly. I was the cause of this. If I had believed her from the start, then all of this would not have happened.” 

Alex tried to explain as Mirabelle smiled. 

“You don't have to bother, and you don't have to blame yourself. Anyone could have been in that situation. Anyone could have possibly believed that she was faking it, though I had seen it in the first instance that she was not faking it, but I had other responsibilities. That was why I couldn't come to her myself. And I am also at fault because I promised I would watch over her myself, but yet I saw her break down, and I didn't even try to ask her if anything was wrong.” 

Mirabelle explained as Alex faked a smile, as if she could see him too. 

“Thank you so much for everything, and thank you for helping me to catch this culprit. I will try my best to come to the police station once Mom returns so that I can come and deal with Lily myself. Maybe if she's seeing you, she won't want to tell the truth. But if I face her and I tell her everything I know, she would definitely want to tell the truth because I know she's the number one person who wants to kill Isabella instantly.” 

Alex said as Mirabelle said okay and ended the call. He sat back on the chair only to see his mom rush in in shock. 

“Who did it? Who did it? Did they catch the person? Alex?” 

Mom said as Alex immediately shushed her. 

“Don't be in a panic state over everything, Mom, okay? Yes, it was her friend that did it. Lily. Yes, she was the one who poisoned her, and we are done with that. We are fine with that. We are only just trying to investigate it more. Once we are done investigating everything, we'll find out if Lily really did it or if somebody tried to frame her. Yes, Lily hates Isabella, but that does not mean she could have done it purposely.” 

Alex tried to explain to his mom, who laughed. 

“Oh, here you are. She is in a critical condition, unconscious. She hasn't woken up for days. She hasn't woken up for a complete 24 hours. And you're telling me that it's her friend, but you're not sure? We all know that Lily hated her. Okay, I know that her friend. I listened to her and Lily arguing, and I heard Lily warning her. Just because of that professor or whatever. Why is Isabella getting involved with people like this? Why is she getting involved with dangerous people who don't even care about her, who are ready to kill her without even thinking twice? Lily is so dumb to have thought that she could just escape like that, as if all fingers weren't pointed at her. If only she had tried to hold in her hatred, maybe she wouldn't have been named the culprit. Whether she did it or not,”