Mrs Hale, I Surrender
Chapter 116 Clothes and Dogs, Long-premeditated against Her (5 updates)

Chapter 116: 116 Clothes and Dogs, Long-premeditated against Her (5 updates)

William Hale glanced at Zoe Bell, making sure she was unharmed before feeling slightly relieved.

"Mr. Hale, save me!" Kevin Bell, upon seeing him, was like someone seeing their kin, "This old woman, she wants to kill, please help me call the police."

Director Hall only then snapped back to reality.

Everything had happened in just a matter of seconds.

She was in a daze, and in a moment of impassioned impulsiveness, she had carelessly swung the object in her hand, never intending to actually harm Kevin Bell.

William Hale was dressed in black today, standing in the doorway, backlit.

His features concealed, but those eyes were sharper than an eagle’s, and as startling as a wolf’s, scaring her into a frantic heartbeat.

It’s over,

this time it was really over.

She had injured someone.

Kevin Bell would never let her off, she regretted, why didn’t she agree to his demand for five million just now; now, even if she agreed, he definitely wouldn’t.

When someone commits an evil act, the first thing they think of is:

Escape!

Her fingers trembling, the porcelain shard fell to the ground, and she tried to flee as she scrambled to her feet.

William caught a glimpse of the shoe-changing stool at the door and kicked it with his foot!

Director Hall couldn’t dodge in time and collided with it!

Struck on the knee, she was in so much pain that she was gasping for air; with a "bang—" she fell straight to the ground, wanting to use her hands to brace herself but her slow reflexes due to age didn’t allow her.

Her entire face slammed heavily onto the floor.

"Grab her," William said, and Kyle Lowe immediately stepped forward, pressing his knee against her back, and twisted her hands into a lock behind her.

"Let me go, let me go!" Director Hall couldn’t struggle free.

It was then she realized:

The so-called "driver" who came with Zoe Bell actually listened to William’s commands.

Director Hall had only met Zac Cruz; the last time she went to the hospital, Kyle Lowe wasn’t there.

It dawned on her, this...

He was William’s man!

Could it be, from the beginning, it wasn’t Kevin Bell who was conspiring with her?

But William Hale!

The argument, the struggles, was it all fake?

Seeing through the truth, she turned her head to look at Zoe Bell.

Her expression was indifferent, her gaze lightly falling on her, looking down with a disdain from her eyes like she was looking at something foul and disgusting.

"Zoe Bell, are you scheming against me?"

"You used me first."

"When did you start suspecting me?"

"From when you said Mr. Hale and Zac Cruz were not to be trifled with,"

Zoe said, a wry smile on her lips, somewhat self-mocking, "But I didn’t want to suspect you, I thought at most you were bought by Kevin Bell, after all, over the years, the orphanage has always been supported by his donations, I never thought the truth would be like this."

In her eyes, William Hale was a good person.

"You trust him, but not me?" Director Hall laughed, "Zoe Bell, is it because you trust money?"

"You say I’m shameless for accumulation of wealth, aren’t you shameless too?"

"Following William Hale, what are you after? Isn’t it money as well? We’re both the same."

Her words were like a knife,

incredibly sharp!

It pierced Zoe’s heart, leaving her breathlessly pained.

Because on that rainy night with William, a major reason driving her decision was to save the orphanage; now it seems, that reason was ridiculously laughable.

She wasn’t a saint, these weren’t things she should have to consider.

At that time, she felt guilty as it was because of her the Bell family stopped donating, and that was eating her up inside.

Also, her special feelings for the orphanage and Director Hall made her feel responsible to protect them.

Only now did she see in her eyes, her own actions were cheap and laughable.

However, William gave a low chuckle, "No wonder there’s a saying, an old thief who doesn’t die is still a thief!"

"In vain, Zoe has been calling you Mommy Hall all this time; when you do something wrong and life treats you badly, you still have to throw a few buckets of dirty water on her. Did she use her money or not, or has she just been enjoying it?"

"Comparing yourself to her, are you not shameless?"

"People like you are the real beasts of burden, mere beasts in clothing!"

Zac Cruz explained on the side:

"If you don’t understand, let me explain, my master said you..."

"are just a pig or a dog in a cap and gown!"

Director Hall was so angered that he nearly suffocated.

Meanwhile, William Hale approached him slowly.

His eyes were sharp, and as he looked down at her, the oppressive feeling made her breathing and heartbeat quicken, as if his piercing gaze could slit her throat in the next second.

"There’s another thing you may not know..."

"Zoe being with me and getting into my car that night was not a coincidence, it was not her seeking me out."

"It was a plan I’d had for a long time."

Director Hall’s pupils trembled with shock, and Kevin Bell, who had injured his leg, was stunned and dumbfounded.

Even Zoe Bell was taken aback, unable to recover her senses for a long while.

The screams that came from this room had already attracted the neighbors’ attention, and someone called the police. When the police arrived and saw blood on the floor, they realized it wasn’t just a simple dispute.

After his wound was quickly treated, Kevin was rushed to the hospital, while Director Hall, Zoe Bell, and others were taken to the police station for investigation.

Zoe Bell didn’t lift a finger throughout, but she wore a small pinhole camera on her body.

It recorded everything that happened.

This made the police’s work much easier.

Director Hall naturally refused to admit to embezzling donations and would not acknowledge the transfer of assets, but she had personally admitted to giving her property to her children, which gave the police reason to summon her children for questioning and to quickly freeze the assets.

The key was that Zoe Bell had all the evidence, including the detailed transaction records of the embezzled donations.

Even if Director Hall didn’t confess, they could still handle the case without any confession from her.

**

By the time they left the police station, it was already past three in the afternoon.

When they arrived at Larkhill, Nanny Parker was still packing to return to Capital City; there were many things to organize. She sat by the waterscape, staring blankly at a few small fish until William Hale brought her a bowl of noodles.

"Eat something first."

Zoe Bell nodded, her hand grasping the chopsticks, yet managing to restrain her trembling.

The unpredictability of human hearts chilled her to the bone.

When William Hale showed her the collected evidence, she couldn’t believe it.

He simply said, "Do you want to try it on her?"

Director Hall had only spoken a few words to the on-duty nurse, being the director of the orphanage and expressing concern for Zoe Bell’s condition, asking them to contact her if anything happened.

With such a position, the nurse naturally believed her.

So, when she argued with William Hale, she arrived quickly.

Fearing that if she went to Capital City, she would have no donations to embezzle, Director Hall also didn’t want Zoe to cut ties completely with the Bell Family. That’s why she kept persuading Zoe, hoping she would return to the Bell Family.

"Zoe—" William saw her like this and naturally felt heartache, clasping her hand tightly.

"I’m okay." Zoe Bell smiled at him.

Perhaps after experiencing certain things,

she understood that not everyone’s actions can be explained by common sense. You may not be greedy for money, but that doesn’t mean others are not; some die for money, others bury their conscience for it.

Faced with Director Hall’s actions, she was shocked and distressed, yet she could also come to terms with it.

Perhaps at a certain age, one realizes:

Even amidst storms,

one must keep smiling and move forward.

At this moment, Zac Cruz came over and whispered a few words into William Hale’s ear.

"If you have work, you can go. Don’t worry about me, I’d rather be alone," Zoe Bell squeezed out a faint smile from the corner of her mouth.

"Director Hall wants to see you."

"I know; she said she wanted to see me back at the police station, but I really don’t want to see her."

"I think it’s best you meet with her," William Hale said seriously.

"Why?"

"She said... she might have once met your family members."