Chapter 487: Chapter 487

As she felt Odell’s sharp gaze upon her, Tara decided to bite the bullet and reveal a part of the truth. She continued to cry as she said, “Odell, I did receive the pictures from my aunt, but it’s only because Sylvia and I were friends that my aunt recognized her. She told me that she had taken the pictures of Sylvia and Edmund by chance and asked me about it. I didn’t know she had hired someone to follow Sylvia!

“She told me she came to Westchester as part of her travels and I believed her. I don’t really contact her that often, so why would I have incited her to do all this?”

When Sylvia had shown up earlier, Tara had already realized that Melanie had disappeared. She suspected that her mother must have run away after sensing that something was wrong.

Since Melanie was no longer present at the scene and Odell would not be able to locate her, Tara shifted all the blame onto her mother.

As she proceeded with her plan, she continued to weep and act as is a great injustice had been done to her.

Odell frowned.

Sylvia scoffed. “Tara, didn’t you just say that your aunt doesn’t know me or Grandmother and would never have hurt her and accused me?”

Tara choked upon hearing those words. “I… I thought that my aunt didn’t remember you anymore!”

“So you now believe that your aunt has been following me and that she trailed me to Northpeak Resort to push Grandmother down the hill and framing me for that?”

Tara looked down and said in a small voice, “It might be true but I have to confirm it with my aunt first.”

She secretly clenched her fists and cursed Sylvia for being ab*tch deep in her heart. Melanie was already gone and as long as she continued to deny it, it would be difficult for Sylvia to prove to Odell that it was her who had incited Melanie to commit the act. The room went silent for a second. Sylvia then chuckled and said, “Okay, we’ll have to call your aunt to come forth so that you can question her.” Tara immediately looked around and pretended to look for Melanie. She then seigned a consused look and asked, “Where is she?” “Oh my gosh. She ran away?” Sylvia also felgned a surprised look. Tara’s gaze shisted as she continued to say, “I don’t know. I remember she was sitting over there.”

Odell then turned to Cliff.”Look for her immediately!” “That won’t be necessary,” Sylvia suddenly said.

Odell shot a baffled gaze at her, as did Tara. Sylvia then turned to the stage and raised her voice, saying, “Sherry, bring her out.” As soon as she finished speaking, two people emerged from behind the stage.

One was Sherry who was wearing a cap while the other one was Melanie, who had been tied and gagged with a cloth.

Sherry pushed Melanie forward.

Their appearance silenced the room again. Odell looked intently at Sylvia’s frosty but confident look.

Beside him, Tara widened her eyes in disbelief and her body started to tremble. In the blink of an eye, Melanie was led over to Sylvia.

S Melanie widened her eyes in fear as she stared at Tara. She made a muffled noise with her gagged mouth as if she was trying to explain herself.

Sherry then removed the piece of cloth from her mouth. Before Melanie could say a word, Tara cried even louder and said, “Aunt Melanie, did you really follow Sylvia without me knowing? I thought you said that your purpose of coming here was to travel? Why did you do this behind my back?”