Julian glared at Abigail with sharp and cold eyes, asking. âYou handed the tea to grandpa. But why were your fingerprints not on the teacup? Why?â Before Abigail could speak, Julian said, âBecause you were wearing gloves.â This was what Julian saw by zooming in on the video. If Abigail did not wear gloves, Julian may not suspect her. However, Julian found that Abigail wore gloves. She was clumsy to hide the truth. âWhy did you wear gloves?â Julian asked coldly. âI didnât!â Abigail shouted.
âYou didnât?â Then Julian reached out and grabbed the laptop. He spun the laptop 180 degrees, and represented the image in front of Abigail. Julian pressed a button and played the video. It was a part of the surveillance footage demonstrating Abigail handing the tea to Samuel.
Abigail immediately came up with a lie and explained, âOh, I forgot about that. The waitress made me wear gloves. I went to the waitress and asked her to give me eight cups of tea. I told her those were for my family. Then the waitress asked me to wear gloves. She said I would hold the tray tightly if I wore gloves. âJulian pressed a button and played the video. It was a part of the surveillance footage demonstrating Abigail handing the tea to Samuel. Abigail started to panick. Abigail had asked hackers to delete all the videos at the venue. Abigail thought, âAs long as there is no video, I will say that everyone took the tea themselves. Who would ask people to select a cup of tea if the tea was poisonous? âI will get myself free from the suspicion since there were no my fingerprints on the teacup.
âI received messages from the hackers. They said that he had successfully hacked the surveillance system. âUnexpectedly, Julian got the footage before the hackers. âWhat should I do now? I guess I have to observe the situation and only take one step at a time.â âWho asked you to do this?â Julian asked. âWhat?â Abigail played dumb. Julian questioned, âWho asked you to kill grandpa?â Abigail looked innocent and a little angry, shouting, âI already told you. I didnât try to kill Samuel. All I did was serve tea for my family.â
Abigail lowered her head and bit her lips. She looked embarrassed. Then she gritted her teeth and said, âYes, I did have two boyfriends, but it was the past. Mr. Parks, didnât you have other women before you got married? Why did you release the footage? You are so dark. Are you trying to put me at a dead end? âI donât have the right to improve othersâ impressions of me? Yes, I had my purpose when serving the tea. I wanted to please Samuel. âWhy can Annalise please Samuel, but I canât?
âNow that Samuel is poisoned, youâre interrogating me like Iâm a suspect. âOkay, I was unlucky. Samuel fell after drinking the tea I handed him. But how did I know where the poison came from? âI cooperate with the investigation because I hope that you can find out the truth and the real murderer as soon as possible. I didnât come here to ask you to convict me casually.
âFirst of all, I didnât make the tea. Second, the waitress touched the tea. By the way, could it be that Samuel was poisoned from the beginning? Could it be a coincidence of the time for the poison to take effect after he drank the tea? Otherwise, what kind of poison could cause a person to twitch immediately after drinking it?â
Julian said coldly, âArsenic and barium were detected in the teacup. Abigail Barton, as a doctor, youâre not unfamiliar with these two poisons, right?â Abigail replied, âMaybe Samuel was poisoned beforehand. Then he drank the tea. The poison between his lips and teeth happened to leave on the teacup.â
One of the members of the testing team couldnât stand it anymore. He came over and said, âWe detected poison in the tea, not at the edge of the cup.â Abigail continued, âMaybe you shook the cups when you brought them away.â
The member explained, âIf Samuel was poisoned beforehand and only his lips and teeth touched the edge of the cup, we couldnât find so much dissolved poison in the tea.â Abigail aggressively said, âThen you should work on finding the polsoner, not questioning me here. Mr. Parks, can I leave now?â Julian looked at Abigail coldly and said, âWhat do you think?â Julian thought, âIn the past, Abigail wanted to be closer to me and kept calling me Julian.
âKnowing I didnât like that, she followed Alexander and continued to call me Julian. âI did not allow her to call me like that, but she still shamelessly called me Julian. âNow she calls me Mr. Parks in a very cold voice. âWhy?â âBecause she is nervous! âAbigail pretends to be calm. However, deep down, she is in a panic.
âTherefore, Abigail naturally becomes abnormal and forgets some of her old habits. Iâm more certain that Abigail is the murderer. All I need now is evidence. âCalm down. And keep asking her questions!â
Abigail said, âWell, I think Iâm good to go now.â Then she was about to walk outside. âStop!â Julian shouted coldly.
Such a cold and authoritative voice made Abigail more nervous. She tried her best to appear calm and asked impatiently. âHow long will it take for me to leave here? Donât tell me I have to wait until you find the murderer. Alright, alright. Hurry up, and do your job. I hope you can find it before I go to bed tonight.â After she finished speaking, Abigail sat down on the sofa. Julianâs phone rang, and Julian picked it up.
A subordinate reported, âSir, I found it. More than a month ago, Abigail and Alexander returned to Horington to look for Master Quigley. Abigail invited some of her doctor friends for a meal. She asked a friend for some medicine, including barium. In addition, Abigailâs mother asked a friend to buy some arsenic a month ago.â
Abigail could not hear what the person on the other end of the phone said. However, when she saw Julianâs serious expression, Abigail became even more nervous. Julian glared at Abigail and said coldly, âGoldie, play the conversation!â Goldie was an artificial intelligence developed by Julianâs team.
Goldie would automatically record all calls on Julianâs phone.
Goldie would even record messages or videos of Julianâs daily life. Julian would only turn off Goldie when he had to deal with private things. Then Goldie immediately played the conversation. Abigail panicked and explained, âYes, I did ask a friend for some barium, but I used it to make facial masks.â
Julian asked, âUse poison for masks?â His voice was cold.
Abigail explained anxiously, âBelieve it or not, I did use it for masks. Barium sounds like poison, but it can be used for facial masks. Barium is good for people, especially those who are prone to acne. After dilution, barium can be used in small amounts. It can prevent mites and acne and remove blackheads.â
âIs that so?â âYes, it is.â âThen why did your mother buy arsenic? Was it a coincidence too?â Julian questioned.
âI donât know anything about my mother buying arsenic. Iâm calling my mother now. Iâll put it on speaker.â Then Abigail immediately called her mother, Bethany Langdon. Bethany picked up the phone.
Abigail did not have the time for small talk. She asked directly, âMom, did you buy arsenic? Why did you buy it?â
Bethany said over the phone, âWell, I wanted to mix some arsenic in the rat poison. Our house is high-
end, so I was shocked to see rats. It was infuriating, right?â Bethany nagged over the phone. âAlright, mom, I gotta go. I will call you back when I have time.â Abigail hung up and looked at Julian innocently, saying, âDid you hear that? All of these are merely coincidences!â