Chapter 9 +25 BONUS Chapter 9 The next day, things went on as normal. Callum told Anthony about our plan and what we had deduced. We didn't tell Kyra in case she could not resist rushing up to fight it out with Eliana. The three of us ate dinner distractedly, after which I pulled Kyra back to my room to sleep. Callum and Anthony crouched in the corners of the yard, waiting for Eliana to fall into our trap. I lay on my bed as I listened to Kyra snoring beside me, but I couldn't help feeling nervous. What if I had guessed wrongly? Luckily, Eliana did not disappoint me. In the middle of the night, there was a commotion downstairs. "Let me go! Let me go!" It was Eliana's voice, and when I heard her, I could no longer resist. I got out of bed. The noise had woken our neighbors, and the yard was already packed with onlookers. Eliana was sitting on the ground, looking even more pitiful than usual under the dim orange glow of the lamps. [ "Cal, what did I do wrong? Why are you and Ant doing this to me?" It was the middle of the night. Eliana looked piteous while both Anthony and Callum looked stern and intimidating. The onlookers immediately broke into a hubbub. One of our neighbors said, "Callum, I don't want to criticize you, but you must not betray Sophie." Callum looked exasperated and said in an annoyed tone, "What are you talking about, Carol? This woman wanted to set fire to our home. Look at all this gasoline on the ground. If the two of us hadn't found her in time, we'd all have been burnt to cinders by now." There was a shocked outcry. Some of them looked disbelieving and continued to say tentatively, "Mr. Sullivan's daughter wouldn't do something like that, would she?" "That's hard to say. I knew a long time ago that she was bad news. If she could report on others back then, then arson is pretty plausible..." The crowd was speculating enthusiastically, and those who were quick on their feet ran off to get the police. I mopped my face and went up to grab Eliana's hair. I slapped her. "We treat you like our real younger sister, but you were going to burn us to death just to take our husbands! How could you be so venomous?" Eliana began sobbing, her eyes brimming with tears. "Sophie, please forgive me. It was just a moment of impulse! Please forgive me just this once. I'll stay far away from Callum and Anthony in the future!" She turned to look at Callum and Anthony. "Cal, Ant, I was just jealous because you treat your wives so well. It was 1/2 Chapter 9 +25 BONUS always just the three of us, but ever since you got married, I've started feeling more and more distant from you." Some of the crowd looked touched by her defense. They began to try to persuade us to forgive her. Eliana began acting even more pitifully when she saw that there were more and more people speaking up for her. She crawled over to Callum on her knees and tugged on the hem of his pants pathetically. Callum bent down and whispered a few words in her ear. Eliana seemed to become instantly drained of strength, and she slumped to the ground. Just as everyone looked at her in confusion, Eliana's eyes turned red, and she began cursing loudly. "Yes! I came here to set fire to the place, but so what? "If my father hadn't put in so much effort for you, would you have the good life you have today? One of you is in a high position, and the other is rich. You have everything! Shouldn't you think about repaying your debts? 2 "If you hadn't been so miserly, would I have needed to come and set fire to this place? You even thought I was interested in you! I guess I'm just not skilled enough. If you had died today, I would have gotten everything that belonged to you!" As she screamed in fury, the people in the yard all looked shocked. At that moment, the police arrived. They had been just in time to hear the truth. Without further ado, they cuffed her and took her away. 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