Haillie pulled out her phone from her pocket and handed it to the man. "Balfour, if you don't believe me, you can check my call history. I've been on the phone with Patricia a few times today. We discussed how to get rid of Ellinor, how to avoid suspicion, and how to call for help after Ellinor completely lost consciousness. Patricia was involved in every step, and many of the strategies were taught by her!"
Balfour took Haillie's phone, saw the call history between Haillie and her half-sister Patricia, and had to believe what Haillie said.
He was already fed up with Patricia's schemes, but he never expected that this seemingly fragile sister would do such a ruthless act.
Balfour stared coldly at Patricia, "If you weren't involved, how do you explain these call records? Patricia, how could you be so crafty?"
Patricia shivered at her brother's roar, raised her arm to wipe away her tears, and choked, "I know you don't believe me now. You would believe anything bad said about me.
But I can explain these call records!
I was advising Haillie not to do stupid things on each call. I talked her into agreeing, but she still did it.
The last call was her pleading with me to come to the hospital to help clear her name. I refused because I couldn't help a murderer get away with it."
Haillie found Patricia's explanation incredibly ironic and laughable, "Patricia, do you even believe what you're saying? Were you advising me? You were egging me on, hoping I'd get rid of Ellinor as soon as possible so you could get back to Theo."
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