Reborn Heiress: Taking Back What Is Rightfully Hers!
Chapter 80: Insufficient evidence

Chapter 80: Insufficient evidence

As Ella passed through the living room, Brianna called out, "Ella, where are you going?"

Ella looked at Brianna, struggling to suppress her overwhelming hatred for the woman.

"I’m going shopping with Chloe."

"Oh, I see. Hannah is in a bad mood. Why not take her along?" Brianna said with a sweet smile, as if nothing had happened, while Hannah watched Ella coldly without objection.

What are these wretched women plotting now?

Ella had no time to deal with them; she just wanted to find Eric and discuss what to do next.

"Sorry, but I don’t want to go shopping with such a hypocritical person."

Ella said coldly. Their relationship had long since soured, and she had no intention of pretending otherwise.

Besides, even if she did, Brianna wouldn’t dare to act openly, while Hannah could easily have her friends or subordinates do her dirty work.

"Hmph, do you think I want to be with you? If it weren’t for Mom insisting I repair our relationship, I wouldn’t bother!" Hannah snapped.

"Auntie, Hannah, you’re both ridiculous. After everything, what’s left to repair?" Ella laughed lightly. "Seducing my boyfriend and taking him to bed—who in their right mind would welcome the other woman back with open arms?"

Brianna’s brows furrowed slightly. It seemed Ella was still bitter about Hannah sleeping with Brandon.

"You shameless wretch! How dare you accuse me? If you hadn’t swapped that drugged drink, I never would’ve ended up in bed with him! You set me up!" Hannah screamed.

Brianna’s face darkened, "Hannah, stop saying such nonsense!"

This daughter of hers never learned. The plan had been Brianna’s, but since Ella saw through the trap, Hannah had taken the fall.

"Oh, so you drank the spiked drink? Hannah, congratulations. Why didn’t I ever get that drink? Who drugged it, hmm?" Ella’s smile was icy, her eyes cold and piercing.

These vile women had repeatedly set her up, and now that Hannah’s reputation was ruined, she still wouldn’t relent.

Fine. Ella wasn’t going to let this go either.

She would fight them to the bitter end!

"You, you..." Hannah was so intimidated by Ella’s aura that she couldn’t utter another word!

"Ella, don’t pay attention to her nonsense. Hannah has been through a lot and is prone to losing her temper. Please don’t take it to heart," Brianna said softly.

"I love taking it to heart. What about it? Hannah, show some real skill, don’t make me despise you," Ella retorted before turning on her heel and strutting away.

Hannah watched Ella’s retreating back with a gaze as cold as a serpent’s. Her body trembled with rage, but she could only sit there, seething.

Once Ella was out of sight, Hannah gritted her teeth and said, "Mom, I really want her dead!"

"Hannah!" Brianna snapped. "Walls have ears. Stop talking nonsense!"

After the failure of their last scheme, Brianna suspected that the servants might have been bought off by Ella, so she had been on high alert.

It seemed time to find a way to get rid of those servants and bring in a new batch of loyal ones.

Hannah’s chest heaved violently, and tears streamed down her face. For the first time in her life, she felt utterly hopeless and helpless.

Because of Ella, she and Brandon ended up in bed together, and were caught. Now, everyone at school knew she had stolen Ella’s boyfriend.

Everywhere she went, people pointed and whispered about her.

"Look, there’s Hannah, the world’s biggest slut. She even took her sister’s boyfriend to bed!"

"She must have been sneaking around with him all along. So, on the night Brandon proposed to Ella, out of jealousy, she dragged him to bed to spite her."

"What a shameless slut! Disgusting!"

"Slut, slut, go away!"

Most people looked at her with contempt, sarcasm, and disdain.

Even the girls who used to fawn over her now kept their distance.

Meanwhile, Ella was becoming more popular among her classmates. She excelled in her studies, and more and more students were borrowing her homework to copy.

"Mom, what do I do... I can’t stand those hostile stares everywhere I go..."

"What do I do? Everyone hates me, and I don’t want to go to school anymore!"

Hannah cried out.

"Hannah, maybe you should stay home for a while. I’ll get you a leave of absence and arrange for some private tutors to help you catch up," Brianna sighed. At this point, it seemed like the only solution.

Hannah nodded, and her phone vibrated. She picked it up and saw a message from Avery.

Hannah’s eyes lit up. Avery also despised Ella, so now she had an ally.

When Ella arrived at Eric’s office, he was in a meeting, so she had to wait.

Five minutes later, Eric ended the meeting early. Seeing Ella’s pale face, he asked in a serious tone, "What happened? You look terrible!"

Ella took a deep breath as Eric sat beside her.

Without a word, she played the recording for him.

After listening, Eric sneered, "So Robert knew all along. He’s the cruelest man ever, watching his wife being poisoned without batting an eye!"

"That’s why... I want them all to suffer!" Ella said, her breathing heavy and her eyes red.

"Just this recording alone won’t be enough to get them the death penalty," Eric shook his head. "Besides, so many years have passed. Any other evidence is probably long gone. With a good lawyer, they might only get a few years in prison."

Ella paused, shaking her head coldly, "No... I want them to pay with their lives!"

"If you’re unlucky, you could lose the case. After all, in the recording, Brianna never explicitly admits to poisoning your mother. She could argue it was a sleeping pill," Eric said calmly.

Though not a lawyer, he knew Brianna’s cunning. From a legal standpoint, she would likely make such a defense.

Without concrete evidence, how could Ella secure a death sentence for them?

Ella looked at him, disheartened, "So you’re saying there’s no hope?"

"It’s true, you might not be able to convict them. But you can push a plan from another angle!" Eric sneered, "Haven’t you heard, jealousy makes women vicious? If Brianna could poison your mother, why couldn’t she poison someone else? Or... why not make them turn on each other?"

Ella’s expression shifted slightly as she listened.