The ward fell silent after everyone heard Nikki's words. It was not just Jim and his assistant who were shocked; it was hard for Sean to digest, too.
'Why would Jim want to poison Bonnie?' Sean thought.
"Sean, you need to trust me." Sensing the disbelief in Sean's eyes, malice flashed past Nikki's eyes for a brief moment before she flung herself into Sean's chest, faking being the victim of circumstances. "Sean, I'm telling you the truth! Jim Landry poisoned Bonnie and said that if she’s dead, no one will ever know that he had been together with Bonnie before.
"If she's dead, then you, Sean, will fall into deep misery. He's using this to take revenge on you...because Ms. Hamilton chose you and Mr. Wheeler instead of him!"
Nikki's every word felt like daggers that stabbed into Sean's heart. He stared at the man before him, the man that he should call his brother.
How much hatred did Jim have toward Lucy and Sean that he could bring himself to try and kill Bonnie, the woman he used to love, just to have his revenge?
Sean had never known who this halfbrother of his was, but he was very jealous of him. After all, his half-brother had been a thorn in his mother's heart when she was alive.
Every time when his mother could not sleep, she would murmur his half-brother's nickname in the middle of the night, calling him 'Jimmy'.
Whenever his mother would often end up in tears, she would bring up that name. She kept on saying that the person she felt the sorriest to was her 'Jimmy', that she was sorry for abandoning him.
Sean's father, Richard Wheeler, had always gone off to see Jimmy secretly and took photos of him, just so he could show Lucy what the boy had done for the day. She would then cherish those photos like invaluable treasures, not allowing anyone to see them. Not even Sean, Lucy's own son, had ever seen his half-brother's photo.
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