Half-Hearted: Mr. Sinclair, Stop the Act!-Chapter 134: It Was You—the Mastermind Behind Everything Is You
The next day, Imperial City was still sunny.
Sienna Monroe arrived at the police station at half past nine and sat on a bench in the corridor, waiting for about twenty minutes before Captain Chaney emerged from the interrogation room.
She stood up to greet him, "Captain Chaney."
Upon seeing her, Captain Chaney nodded and waved away two officers beside him before walking up to her.
In recent days, because of this case, he hadn’t been sleeping well, but thanks to Sienna Monroe’s complete evidence, he had indeed been spared a lot of trouble.
He said, "The police regulations state that suspects in major cases cannot meet anyone until the case is closed. You wanting to see June Ewing is technically against the rules.
But considering Lawyer Prescott’s influence, I’m granting you a special exception of half an hour, and only half an hour."
Sienna smiled and nodded, "Half an hour is enough, thank you, Captain Chaney, sorry to trouble you."
"Follow me."
Captain Chaney led the way, taking her through several turns within the station, eventually arriving at the meeting room area.
He opened one of the closed meeting room doors, "Wait here for a moment, I’ll have them bring June Ewing over."
"Alright."
The meeting room was not large, with only a table and chairs. Two meters away from the table was a fixed interrogation chair, although the cross panel in front was missing.
In less than five minutes, she heard a few footsteps from outside.
Turning her head, the door to the meeting room was opened, and two female officers brought June Ewing in.
She was instantly stunned.
How long has it been since she saw June Ewing?
Counting all days, it was merely twenty-three or twenty-four days.
Compared to the dignified and elegant June Ewing of the past, now she wore a crumpled dark purple qipao. Her hair was disheveled, and her once well-maintained face was now exhausted and pale.
Her hands were cuffed, and upon seeing Sienna Monroe, the grayish hue in her eyes was momentarily brightened but quickly faded away again.
Why wasn’t Sienna Monroe arrested?!
She took so many dividends; how was she not arrested?
Could it be that the Monroe and Ewing families had already gotten her out?
But the incident happened not long ago, moving so fast like this, weren’t they afraid of public criticism?
Over twenty days of detention life had already worn out all her beliefs cleanly.
She asked in confusion, "Why... why are you here?"
Sienna displayed a subtle smile, her voice calm, "Where do you think I should be? Like you, handcuffed, locked in the detention room?"
This tone...
This gaze...
June Ewing felt very alien.
Her twenty-day-long hope had, at this moment, when seeing Sienna Monroe’s figure, seemed to shatter in her ears.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, her voice was light but heavily trembling, "You... you..."
"Sit down!"
Before she could say a complete sentence, the female officers pressed her into the chair, and then fastened the foot chains.
June Ewing had no strength left to resist or struggle.
Sienna watched this scene, feeling both ironic and amusing.
Her formerly high and mighty mother-in-law was now in such an embarrassing and dire state.
This was precisely why she came to see her today.
All her painstaking designs and calculated steps—wasn’t it just to see June Ewing defeated, to let her experience the pain of being schemed against?
Now, with June Ewing defeated, she ought to witness her collapse and despair.
To put a "perfect" end to their sad and absurd mother-and-daughter-in-law saga.
Ensuring there was nothing missed, the female officer turned to her and said, "Miss Morgan, we’ll leave now. The door will be locked, and when you want to exit, press the bell on the door frame; we will open the door for you."
Sienna curved her lips into a smile, politely and courteously saying, "Thank you."
Once the meeting room door closed, even the dust in the air seemed to freeze in place.
June Ewing clenched her fists and stared at her, the bad premonition in her heart growing ever stronger.
Sienna, seeing her expression, guessed what she was thinking.
A faint smile appeared in her eyes, her voice light and slow, "You must be curious now, why am I, a shareholder of Radiance Beauty Spa, sitting here unharmed?"
At her words, June Ewing’s expression froze, and with just one look, her heart was thrown into tumultuous waves.
The splashing tide was like magma, burning so hot that all the blood in her body boiled.
All her previous doubts and suspicions, hesitation and indecision, now had a definite answer.
She was aghast, staring at her, standing excitedly, "It was you? You’re the one who reported Radiance Beauty Spa? You’re also the mastermind behind all this, then the report about your illegal operations, is
nothing but a good drama you directed! Well, well, Sienna Monroe, you truly have excellent skills and cunning! I really misjudged you, how could I mistake you, this biting wolf, for a lamb!"
Her eyes were full of venom, as if she couldn’t wait to tear Sienna Monroe apart and swallow her whole, each word she spat almost squeezed through gritted teeth.
