MY UNKNOWN HUSBAND, VOLUME 2 - Season 3 Episode 54

“I know nothing. I didn’t have anything to do with it,” Isabella said firmly. She had decided to pretend to know nothing about Kristina’s death. She knew that her mother would protect her no matter what.

Glenn also pretended to be innocent. “My daughter says she doesn’t know anything. Maybe there is some misunderstanding.”

John had seen a lot of people try to play the ostrich. He said calmly, “Save your explanation for the police.”

“The police? What…” Glenn’s legs went limp.

Noah together and several police officers were approaching.

Amelia panicked and whispered in Isabella’s ear, “What happened?”

“I don’t know, Mom. I wasn’t there.” Holding her mother tightly, Isabella repeated what she had said nervously as if she was trying to convince herself that she was not guilty.

As a mother, Amelia knew what kind of person her daughter was. She did not believe a word that came out of her mouth.

“Tell me what happened, and don’t leave out anything. Only in this way can I help you, do you understand?” Amelia said in a very low voice that only Isabella could hear.

Isabella trembled and sobbed but kept silent.

“Don’t be afraid. I will save you. You are my sweetheart. I won’t let you be taken away by the police. As long as you tell me what happened, I will help you,” Amelia comforted her.

Isabella knew that only her mother could help her and would never let her go down for Kristina’s suicide.

She gradually stopped sobbing, turned her back to everyone, and whispered to Amelia how she goaded Kristina to kill herself.

Hearing this, Amelia slowly relaxed, and her eyes flashed with shrewdness. She patted her daughter on the back and said, “Good girl. Don’t worry. I promise you won’t be taken away by the police. Listen to me carefully and remember every word I say next, okay?”

Hearing her mother’s affirmative tone, Isabella’s hopeless eyes lit up. She could not wait to say, “Mom, tell me what I should do to avoid being sent to jail.”

“I’ll tell the police later that you have a mental illness, and you pretend to be crazy, okay? Only pretending to be insane can help you now.

I knew you’d make trouble, so I had made arrangements for you.

The deputy director of the South District Psychiatric Hospital is my friend. He has created a medical record for you, which can prove that you’re mentally ill. You just need to insist that you were not well when you last spoke to Kristina. Tell them the words you told her were all nonsense, but she took them seriously and killed herself. You aren’t the one to be blamed. Do you understand?”

Amelia repeatedly reminded her daughter to take her instructions to heart.

Isabella simply nodded to show that she understood her words.

As soon as Amelia and Isabella finished discussing their plan, Noah arrived.

“Nini, Mr. Shi.” Noah nodded to Nina and John. Before Noah came, John had already told him everything that Isabella did.

Noah did not know until now that Kristina’s real murderer was Isabella. Kristina did not have to die, but Isabella deceived her with a few calculated words, and she chose to commit suicide.

“Here’s the material evidence, Noah.” Nina handed the tassel earring to Noah and gave him a USB flash disk. “These can help us prove that Isabella instigated your aunt’s suicide.”

Noah took the pieces of evidence, bagged them, and handed them to Tom. “Thank you, Nini,” he said.

“Don’t mention it.” Nina pursed her lips and smiled, hoping Noah would do the same. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight in the past half month.

He had always been slim, but now he was even thinner and looked sickly.

Looking at Noah’s resolute and heroic face, Nina saw John’s image flash in front of her. For a moment, she thought that Noah and John looked a little alike.

She turned her head to John who was standing right next to her and holding her hand.

Then, the feeling that he and Noah looked alike suddenly disappeared, as if nothing happened.

“Arrest Isabella Zhang,” Tom ordered. A police officer walked toward Isabella with handcuffs.

Glenn could not do anything. He could only stand aside silently, distressed and helpless.

“Mom, Mom, help me. I’m so scared. I’m so scared. I know nothing. I did nothing wrong.” Isabella turned around and looked at the police officer in horror. The crazed look in her eyes twisted her features into something both terrifying and pitiful.

Amelia comforted her daughter, “It’s all right, dear. Don’t be afraid.” Then, she raised her head and said to the police, “What are you doing? Don’t scare my daughter. Don’t you know she’s mentally ill and still on the mend? If you scare her, she will get worse, and you’ll suffer the consequences.”

Amelia dipped her chin at Glenn. Glenn immediately understood what his wife was trying to do. He put his hand in front of his wife and daughter. “Don’t frighten my daughter. She has a mental disease.”
“Mental disease?” Nina asked in confusion. She had known Isabella for more than two years but did not know that she was mentally ill.

Nina had studied abnormal psychology and knew a thing or two about the diagnosis of mental diseases.

She was sure that Isabella was not insane at all.

She wondered what Isabella’s parents were planning.

“Yes, mental disease. If you don’t believe us, you can go to the South District Psychiatric Hospital to check my daughter’s medical records,” Amelia declared confidently.

John narrowed his cold eyes. He had already guessed Amelia’s intentions. He raised his hand to signal to Richard, who immediately walked over. He whispered a few words in his ear. Then, Richard turned on his heel and left.

The police officer stopped and awaited Noah’s further instructions.

“What’s wrong?” Nina asked when the officer turned to look at Noah.

A cold light reflected in Noah’s clear eyes. He did not expect that Isabella’s family had already come up with a solution.

“According to criminal law, a person who is unable to identify or control their own behavior when they causes damage will not be criminally responsible.”

Noah’s voice was neither loud nor low. It was just enough for everyone to hear him clearly.

Nina gritted her teeth and said, “They are so shameless. Isn’t it illegal to provoke someone into committing suicide?”

Isabella glared at Nina. ‘Shame on you!’ she cursed in her heart.

Amelia pinched her daughter’s arm, reminding her to rein in her anger and continue pretending to be insane.

“Isabella was not well when she went to West Forest Street that night. She wouldn’t have gone there otherwise.” Feeling complacent, Amelia pulled her daughter to her side and held her.

Isabella pressed herself against her mother’s side and buried her head in her chest, waiting for her to overcome the difficulties for her.

“You said my daughter incited Kristina to commit suicide. Is it against the law? Will you please tell me?”
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Seeing the condescending look on Amelia’s face, Nina realized that she knew nothing about the law. She turned to Noah and asked, “Does this mean Isabella can’t be charged?”

“Yes.” Suppressing the pain and anger in his heart, Noah spoke flatly. He did not expect that Amelia would take advantage of that loophole.

“No law clearly states that inciting someone to commit suicide is illegal. And if Isabella is truly mentally ill, it’s very unlikely that she’ll be convicted.”

Clenching his fists, Tom looked at Glenn and his family indignantly.

Nina hissed, “Do we have to let her go then?”

She was unwilling to let Isabella go.

And Noah was more willing than her.
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