Madam Quartley was forcing Tremaine to provide a conclusion, so Tremaine had no choice but to give her the two theories.
Originally, he did not want to say that he suspected Yesseca.
But he knew that if he only spoke of Qiana, it would make Madam Quartley even angrier than she already was.
He brought up Yesseca as well so that Madam Quartley would not be overemotional. It would also show that he was not biased.
Even when Tremaine brought Yesseca up, this still made Madam Quartley angry.
She picked up a cup and threw it at Tremaine.
Tremaine didn't dodge.
Fortunately, the cup narrowly missed Tremaine's ear and fell to the floor.
It landed on the floor with a crisp sound.
It shattered into pieces.
Madam Quartley pointed at Tremaine and said angrily, "Tremaine, do you even hear yourself? You're actually suspecting Qiana?! It's obvious that Yesseca's the one behind this, there's no other possibility! You should imprison her immediately!"
"Grandma, calm down," Tremaine said. "There's no conclusive evidence to prove that Yesseca did it."
"How is this not conclusive?!" Madam Quartley screeched. "We have evidence and witnesses!"
"Grandma, you cannot come to a conclusion like this."
Madam Quartley suddenly took a step forward and looked Tremaine in the eye. "Tremaine, don't tell me that you're willing to forgo your son for a woman! Are you so intoxicated by that woman that you're going to stand by and watch your son die?"
"Grandma!" Tremaine enunciated each word. "There is nobody in this world who can make me sacrifice my son, not even the person I love the most. I will not allow anyone to harm my son."
Hearing Tremaine's words, Madam Quartley finally relaxed a bit.
Tremaine's words were enough.
At least, it proved that if it was really Yesseca who did it, Tremaine would not favour Yesseca.
Madam Quartley let out a huff and said, "Tremaine, I hope that you do as you say and remain unbiased. Don't think that I don't know you were just appeasing me when Montez was sick the last time. I didn't press the issue because Montez didn't suffer too much and I thought Yesseca wouldn't dare do anything anymore. Never would I have expected that she'd become even more audacious!"
"Although Montez is fine this time, if it weren't for that dog, Montez would be dead. I won't let you brush me off this time. You must give me an explanation."
Tremaine didn't speak.
Even if Madam Quartley didn't put things this way, there was no way he would allow this matter to slip.
It was impossible for him to brush aside something like lacing broth with poison.
Tremaine headed to Yesseca's bedroom, where she was locked up.
He saw that her eyes were red and swollen.
Tremaine felt distressed.
When she saw him, she immediately ran over and wrapped her arms around him. "Tremaine, why are you only back now? I've been going out of my mind with worry! Madam Quartley locked me up here, probably to vent her anger because I made
Montez get diarrhoea previously."
After that, she held his hand and said, "Let's get out of here. I need to get some fresh air. I haven't even had dinner yet and I'm starving."
Tremaine didn't move.
Yesseca looked at Tremaine in confusion. "Why aren't you moving?"
Tremaine's voice was a little hoarse. "Yesseca, I'll bring you something to eat, but don't leave this room."
He had come to an agreement with Madam Quartley.
Both of them made concessions.
That was, during the period of investigation, both Yesseca and Qiana had to be locked up. They were not allowed to leave nor could they communicate with anyone.
Yesseca was taken aback.
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