Chapter 740: Chapter 740



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Touching the fresh petals of the lilies, Emma said softly, “The lily is an elegant kind of flower with good meanings.”

Dolores looked at her, “Have you come to praise lilies?”.

It was not because she disliked Emma, but Emma was from the Bailey Family. In such a circumstance, they would never become good friends.

Emma took a step back and bowed to Dolores, “I apologize for what I did to you earlier.”

Dolores was quite taken aback by her behavior. However, she remained attentive. She pressed her lips together in silence.

Emma knew that Dolores was still attentive to her and that Dolores would not believe her so easily.

Anyway, she had not come to make Dolores believe her.

“Mrs. Nelson, I believe that Mr. Nelson and you love each other deeply, don’t you?” Even though she was asking a question, she stated it. She sat down in the chair next to the bed.

“To be honest, I shouldn’t have come to see you. Afterwards, our relationship…” He raised his head and looked at Dolores, “I know they have made mistakes and deserve the punishments. I shouldn’t take revenge. But, they are my family. Mrs. Nelson, do you know how I feel?”

“You should tell your family members who have made mistakes and are still alive that this is a society governed by law. Since they have broken the law, they must take the consequences and the responsibility. No one can escape. You feel sorry for your family, but what about the families of the victims who have been harmed by them?

If a person cannot put himself in other people’s shoes when he thinks, that person is not mature at all. He is paranoid. You said you could understand, but in reality, you do not. You think it’s only fair if my husband or I suffer. In fact, what you need to do is tell Declan Bailey that this is a fair world.

He’s made mistakes, so he needs to work hard to correct them and learn to be a good man. If he stayed paranoid, no one could rescue him, don’t you think?”.

Emma felt enlightened. Indeed, she had been thinking everything through from his perspective. She believed that only if Matthew suffered in his lifetime could he pay for his father’s death and his younger brother’s freedom.

She had prepared a lot of words in advance before coming here, but at this moment, she could not utter any words now.

Dolores did not want to rise to the moral high ground and accuse anyone, but only wanted to tell Emma the correct truth.

If a person made a mistake, but did not have to pay the price, the world would be in chaos for sure.

Who could guarantee his personal safety in that case?

“If you still love your younger brother, you should tell him to be a good man. A gentleman should earn money the right way. He should not have done such barbarities without conscience to earn unfair money. You should know clearly what your brother did before. Your parents did not stop him, but covered up for him. The doom has been sown for a long time.”

Emma had to admit that what Dolores was saying was true.

If her father had not been a corrupt official, or abused his power to cover up for his younger brother, or told him what to do and what not to do, neither her brother nor her father would have ended up like this.

Emma came to see Dolores because she wanted to tell her that she had given up, but Matthew and she owed it to her. However, as she listened to Dolores’ words and thought for a moment, she didn’t think it was their fault at all.

They were merely revealing the truth and letting the people who had committed crimes get the punishment they deserved.

Emma closed her eyes slowly.

She felt very conflicted.

Suddenly, she let out a chuckle, “Of course I’m from the Bailey Family. I think and do things very differently from the others, don’t I?”.

Dolores didn’t think it had anything to do with being Bailey Family.

It just depended on personal thought and conscience.

Charles’ mother-in-law, the third Bailey Family daughter, Maisy, had a clear vision. She did not get involved in things that happened in the past.

She and her husband could tell right from wrong.

“Tell me. Why did you come to see me?” asked Dolores as she looked at her.

“I just came to pay you a visit,” Emma said casually, “Abbott is very loyal to Mr. Nelson.”

Dolores narrowed her eyes, wondering what she meant.

What did she have to do with Abbott?

“I’m glad I came here today. Right now, I feel quite enlightened. Before, I thought I was too selfish because I only minded my own business. After listening to you, I feel like I haven’t done anything wrong to anyone.” He stood up and said again with sincerity, “I am very sorry for what I did to you in the past.”

“I can understand that. If I were you, I would also want to avenge my family. No matter what mistakes they have made, family affection cannot be changed. It’s normal for you to feel sorry for them and be quite reluctant.”

“Thank you for being understanding.” Emma had never expected that Dolores could be so reasonable and fair. She had only thought Dolores was attractive.

Now she had found the advantage in Dolores.

“If we meet in the future, I hope we can be friends.”

She held out her hand, “May I shake hands with you?”

Dolores extended her hand and shook it. Then they withdrew their hands quickly.

“I’m leaving now.”

Dolores nodded.

Upon leaving the hospital, Emma went to the prison, but was unable to see Declan in person.

To avoid a repeat of last time, no one was allowed to see him.

She wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to him.

Then, according to his plan, he went to the hotel.

However, he did not get there as planned. She was late.

Matthew had planned to make her reap the fruits of her own actions, well, even letting her meet a more ruthless end.

Emma had only planned to set him up to sleep with a woman.

Matthew would follow her plan: she had taken a dead prisoner out of jail and put him in the hotel room. Then he would set him up to murder someone.

Matthew didn’t do something so ruthless, but this woman was too eager for revenge. If he couldn’t get rid of her completely, Matthew would not feel at ease.

Besides, Dolores’ health had a problem now, so he had to ensure Dolores’ safety.

Boyce and he set up the trap, waiting for Emma, who was carrying out his plan, to show up. However, she had not shown up at the time Abbott mentioned.

Boyce said, “Did she lie to you?”

Abbott said affirmatively, “No, she did not.”

As soon as he answered, Emma showed herself at the door.

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