The jaws of all three dropped in astonishment.


    "Jasper, it was 20 years ago. Where did you get the physical evidence from?" Alyssa grabbed


    Jasper''s hand.


    Jasper turned his hand around andced his fingers with hers. His voice was low and hoarse. "Do


    you remember when I mentioned I was investigating the maid who used to serve my mother?”


    Alyssa nodded.


    "She might have had a premonition before disaster struck. Before something happened to Sophia,


    she had intentions to escape. Xavier sent men over and managed to capture her. That''s when I


    employed some of my tricks."


    Jasper took a deep breath and continued, "Out of massive fear and to protect her son, she said


    some things that Sophia had never mentioned in the recording—the truth.”


    Jasper was a kind person. Given a choice, he wouldn''t use someone''s child to threaten or force his


    way. He wouldn''t be a monster who would use malicious ways to get what he wanted.


    Alyssa believed that even if the maid''s lips were sealed, Jasper wouldn''t have done anything to her


    son.


    He couldn''t go through with it. If he did, he would be no different from Jameson


    "Sophia killed my mother. Sophia poisoned her with her own hands," Jasper dered, his eyes


    reddening. He struggled to suppress the hatred within him. His hand that held onto Alyssa turned


    as cold as an iceberg.


    "She poisoned her with her own hands?" Ss and Cyrus’ faces stiffened.


    Xavier''s body swayed as if he had been struck hard by someone.


    Alyssa''s nose stung. She felt the air around her thinning. Her heart felt as if a huge rock was on top


    of it.


    If it were someone else, they would have gone ballistic. However, Jasper kept his cool. The calmer


    he was, the more her heart ached.


    "Jasper, what''s going on?" Cyrus anxiously asked.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.


    "The maid mentioned that she followed Sophia''s orders to swap my mother''s medication for


    depression. However, she swapped the medication with supplements, so it wasn''t lethal.


    "During that time, Sophia probably realized my mother''s rtionship with Javier had improved and


    was losing sleep over it. So, she swapped the normal supplement for a poison that was taken in


    small amounts daily but can cause heart paralysis and death over time.”


    Tears welled up in Alyssa''s eyes as her hand caressed his back lightly.


    "How did the maid know everything in such great detail?" Out of upational habit, Ss, the


    prosecutor, was eager to know more.


    "She saw it with her own eyes.”


    Jasper held Alyssa''s hand securely. It was as if her touch was the only thing calming him down. "She


    said she noticed something two days before my mother jumped off the building. After she swapped


    my mother''s medication, Sophia would slip in and change the medication again—unnoticed. The


    maid had never brought it up or dared ask a word about it."


    "This was because if your mother died of heart paralysis, then the maid who handled her medication


    would be brought away for questioning.” Alyssa’s heart was pounding as she analyzed the situation


    calmly.


    She continued, "Then, it didn''t matter how the maid tried to exin. She was the one responsible


    for keeping the medication. It was her who swapped it, and she had to take the fall for the crime.”


    "Though she mulled it over at that moment, being caught up in it left her with no option to turn


    away. She could only tread this shady path.” Jasper stopped briefly. His face was getting paler.


    "However, something happened on the day of the incident.


    "My mother wanted to take a walk in the garden. However, she realized she didn''t have her camera


    with her, so she returned to her room. Then, she ran into Sophia, who was swapping the


    medication.”


    Alyssa''s heart sank.


    Jasper looked down and nodded. "Yes. That maid hid outside the room and eavesdropped


    everything that happened inside.


    "However, her hands were not entirely clean from this. So, she was overly anxious during that time


    and kept everyone at arm''s length. She hadn''t had a good night''s sleep the entire time.”


    "Hmph! She can make up for her lost sleep in prison, then!" Cyrus gnashed his teeth.


    "That maid said she couldn''t see what happened inside. But she vaguely heard that my mother and


    Sophia were in a heated argument.


    "Since my mother joined the Beckett family, she had be an emotionally numb person. That was


    the first time she expressed outrage. So, the maid was shocked to hear that.”


    "Then?" Alyssa stared at him, barely blinking.