Chapter 64 - GDD Chapter 64
The little girl’s words made everyone turn their attention to the direction of Irina and Alia.
At this time, Alia began to get a little nervous. She glanced at the little girl suspiciously and then turned to look at Irina, who looked panicked and had a bad feeling in her heart.
Reverend Robert pulled the little girl to his side and whispered, “Annie, don’t run around.”
But Annie didn’t care about Reverend Robert’s gentle words, and still looked straight at Irina, who was panicking, with her eyes shining brightly.
“Reverend Robert, this is really Irina, let’s go back and tell mom!” Annie looked only eleven or twelve years old, but her voice was very clear and could be heard in the entire square at this time.
Only then did Reverend Robert raise his head to look in the direction of Irina. His eyes were not very good. He even narrowed his eyes in order to see Irina’s face clearly.
“Irina?” Reverend Robert was obviously surprised, “Why are you here? Rosie has been looking for you all this time.”
Rosie is Anne’s mother and also the mother of Irina’s dead husband. Irina couldn’t dare to look at Reverend Robert at all, she even flinched.
Duke Wilson said at this time, “Reverend Robert, I can answer your question.” He looked at Irina, who was very nervous, and said sarcastically, “The reason why Irina came to this place is because she wants to ask for justice because Reverend Bruce had abandoned her, and had affairs with many other ladies.”
Reverend Robert looked at Irina in surprise after hearing these words, “Irina? Is this true? That is unbelievable! How could you say that?”
Reverend Robert’s words made the surrounding town residents hear about another possibility. There was a commotion and everyone looked in Irina’s direction with interest to see how she would react.
Irina was already very nervous at this time. She didn’t dare to look into Reverend Robert’s eyes at all so she could only lower her head and say somewhat unconvincingly, “Yes…it’s true.”
“Oh…Irina, how can you say that about Evan? You are trying to get revenge!” Reverend Robert looked at Irina with great disappointment, he frowned tightly and his round face, which was kind and round, became serious at this time.
Irina is obviously at a loss at this time. Reverend Robert knows her details, but at this moment, Irina has no room to step back, she can only bite the bullet and continue, “Although I am very grateful for Reverend Bruce’s help, everything he did was true.”
“Really?” The friendly Reverend Robert was obviously angry, “Irina, how can you say that when you that because of Johnny’s death, Rosie was very dissatisfied with you, and it was Evan who helped you to mediate it, which made your relationship with Rosie ease up. How could you claim that he did those absurd things to you, Irina? I am old acquaintances with your deceased parents so I don’t want to embarrass you, but I didn’t expect you to do such a thing!” Reverend Robert frowned as he spoke.
When these words came out, the town’s residents standing in the square made a sensation. They were all conservative town people. For them, this disgraceful performance was simply explosive news.
“I…I…” Irina nervously kneaded the handkerchief in her hand and was speechless for a while.
Alia was also shocked by what Reverend Robert said. She didn’t expect that there was such a secret. She turned to look at Evan but found that he was still calm and indifferent. Alia didn’t know why but suddenly, she was a little angry. Why was it that he didn’t have to do anything, yet someone else explained everything for him while she tried her best, but it turned out to be an abnormal joke.
Alia pursed her lips, a hint of determination flashed across her face, and she said loudly, “Reverend Robert, you are just a priest, how can you know how Reverend Bruce and Irina get along in private? Can you follow Reverend Bruce all the time? Irina is a weak lady, but Reverend Bruce is a strong man, how can she make such a bold move? What you said is too sensational.”
Irina also said ‘Yes’ as if to match Alia’s rhetoric but she shrank slightly, and her clear eyes became weaker and weaker at this time.
Reverend Robert was not a good debater. Although he knew the truth, he couldn’t help but pause at this moment. After he paused, the surrounding noise rang again.
But at this moment, the little girl Annie suddenly said, “Although Reverend Robert doesn’t know, I know very well!”
Annie’s voice was crisp and loud, and it immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
“Irina, you did such a shameful thing by yourself but let me and my mother suffer from other people’s criticism. Now that my mother is seriously ill, it’s abhorrent for you to come to such a place to tell such a huge lie!” Little Annie looked at Irina as she grit teeth, “In the past, Reverend Bruce helped you but you had evil thoughts about him, and even shamelessly wrote love letters to Reverend Bruce. It was rejected by Reverend Bruce mercilessly. I still have them.”
Little Annie’s eyes flashed with excitement, “Tell me, do you want me to read them to everyone?”
Irina’s face turned pale white in an instant, she had hidden those letters. She had hidden them in a secret cellar for so long and she had forgotten about them, but she didn’t expect the letters to fall into Annie’s hands. She knew very well how shameless her letter was, and she also knew what Evan’s reply was. How ruthless, if she really reads it out, her reputation will be completely ruined.
Thinking of this, Irina became resentful and looked at the bright little Annie. She really never thought that she could meet this little devil in such a distant place.
“Irina, do you want me to read it out?” Annie looked at Irina with a playful expression, like a cat teasing a mouse.
The residents of the small town were obviously very interested in this drama. Everyone looked at Little Annie with great interest and very much hoped that she could read the letters out.
But the traditional old gentlemen seated there would not allow such a thing to happen. After all, it was contrary to the good atmosphere. They hurried up to discuss with the indifferent Duke Wilson.
Although Duke Wilson really wanted to humiliate this shameless woman in public, he still had to do a good job on the surface. Being too mean would damage his reputation, so he could only agree with these old gentlemen.
Naturally, Ford didn’t want the person he had found as a witness to be humiliated, otherwise he would have pushed her to the extreme and he didn’t know what to say, so after the negotiation was completed, he quickly said, “Little girl, since you have such evidence, bring it up and let us take a look. It’s not a good thing to humiliate a lady in public.” In the end, Ford couldn’t help being sarcastic.
Annie sneered when she heard this, “Oh, then it’s a good thing to frame a gentleman and ruin his reputation in public?”
Ford was blocked, his face was blue and he couldn’t say a word. He waved his hand to a person beside him, who went down and took the stack of letters in Annie’s hand.
The several gentlemen present there are also battle-hardened old foxes, but even so, as they looked at these letters, they couldn’t stop shaking their heads. Irina stood there, her face flushed and she didn’t dare to look up at anyone. She was swaying as she couldn’t even stand firmly, but of course, Alia would not help her at this time. The matter had come to this point, even the reckless Alia knew that the situation was over but she no longer dared to speak so as not to implicate herself further.
After the gentlemen had finished reading Irina’s love letters, they all looked at each other in dismay. They didn’t expect that the ladies in these big cities would be so open, which made them more knowledgeable. Only Duke Wilson’s face was ashen, he wanted to go down and strangle Irina immediately, he didn’t expect that this stupid woman would tease Evan so shamelessly.
“Cough cough.” One of the older gentlemen coughed a few times, “This matter is indeed a misunderstanding. Miss Irina, your love for Reverend Bruce…” At that time, the poor old gentleman’s body shook a little, “Your love has been expressed very clearly in the letters, but Reverend Bruce did not respond to your love and on the contrary, he gave a very firm refusal despite your persuasion. So what you said has no basis and we have the honorable Reverend Robert to testify, so this committee has decided not to accept your testimony.”
As Irina listened to these remarks, she almost fainted. Although the old gentleman didn’t say anything serious, his meaning was very clear. She had shamelessly propositioned Reverend Bruce, but Reverend Bruce was unmoved. And out of hatred for the rejection, she framed a worthy gentleman.
Irina could almost feel the disdainful gazes of the people around her as they looked at her. Under such gazes, she trembled. She had wrongfully framed a gentleman. This was a very serious crime, not to mention the fact that she did something indecent, even the judge would not sympathize with her.
Evan stood aside, still silent and his expression did not change in the slightest. But a faint smile flashed in his lowered eyes. Today was so perfect, so perfect that he almost couldn’t believe it, everything went according to the script he imagined, and what would happen after was up to Duke Wilson.
“Miss Irina.” Duke Wilson said as the crowd was excitedly scolding Irina, “What you have done is really disappointing, Framing a respectable priest, an upright gentleman is really unbelievable. If I hadn’t invited Reverend Robert today, then all your crimes would have been covered up and the innocent Reverend Bruce would have been punished by the church. So I will definitely not accept this kind of behavior from you nor will I have any form of patience with you. I will file a lawsuit in the court and hold you accountable.”
“Lawsuit?” Irina was completely panicked at this time and she looked at Ford at a loss. Ford was also stunned at this time and his heart jumped. If he had known that these things were going to happen, he would have been prepared but it is too late now.
“Mr Ford, you can’t let this happen, you made me do it!”
Irina’s words completely changed the situation on the field. The original scolding dissipated at this time, and everyone looked in the direction of Ford with astonishment.