"Amelia, I'm referring to something else instead." Richard said, "Brittany has been crying to see you. As she seems to be insane, so I lied to her that you would come to see her. Only then she stopped."
"I see." Amelia thought for two seconds and said, "Then I'll go in and see her right away."
"Amy!" Patrick grabbed her wrist in time and said disapprovingly, "Don't try to reason with a madman."
"But she hasn't lost her mind yet, right?" Amelia could not help but laugh. She then said seriously, "Mr. Hopper, don't worry. With the two of you around, I'll be fine."
"That's right! Patrick and I will be right outside the door. If anything happens, just let out a shout and we will rush in to save you!" Richard clenched his fists.
After a moment of hesitation, Patrick finally let go of her and said, "You must call me if anything happens."
"Got it!" Amelia answered and turned around. She turned the doorknob in front of her, pushed the door open and entered the ward.
When she came to Brittany's bed, her eyes dimmed. Compared to the last time they met, Brittany had lost much weight. She looked really skinny as if only her skin and bones were left.
Brittany, who had been staring at the ceiling all the while, slowly turned her head when she heard the sound of footsteps. When she saw that it was Amelia who came, deep fear appeared in her hollow eyes.
Amelia saw her reaction and asked uncertainly, "Do you still recognize who I am?"
"...Amelia." Brittany opened her cracked lips and mumbled, "Is it an illusion again?"
"It's not an illusion. It's really me."
The fear in Brittany's eyes faded and her expression gradually calmed down as she heard this. Amelia was secretly amazed by the scene. It was different with the Brittany she had known.
"Amelia, I'll tell you everything. Please don't torture me anymore, okay?" Brittany appeared to be really strange.
Amelia said earnestly as she heard this, "I have never tortured you. It's you. You turned yourself into this."
As if she could not hear her words, Brittany continued on her own, "You've been my nightmare ever since I was young. I tried
my best to get rid of you and destroy you, yet I end up in such a state."
"I am obviously the apple of The Ramsay Family's eye instead. But why do everyone only love you and could only see you? Dad, Mom and even Daniel, they all like you."
"Dad would always get angry at me because of you. Finally, I couldn't stand it and quarrelled with him one day. I broke your mother's vase, making him so angry that he fainted on the spot. That was when he became half dead up till now."
Amelia was stunned for a moment with those words. But then she immediately came to herself and asked, "Brittany, was it you who made Dad like this?!"
"It's me." Brittany turned her gaze to the ceiling again and said blankly, "I was worried that mom and you would punish me, so I chose to hide it from you. You once asked me why I didn't care about dad's condition. It's because I was the culprit... Not only couldn't I show concern and take care of him, I even wished him to stay this way for the rest of his life so that I could avoid the punishment."
Amelia shouted angrily, "Brittany, he is your biological father! How could you be so indifferent after doing such a cruel thing?"
"Is he?" Brittany appeared to be confused, "I never thought so." Then she added, "Such a father only belongs to you."
Amelia could not bother her jealous remarks. She asked, "Is it also you who poisoned Dad?"
Brittany eventually frowned, "Is Dad even poisoned?"
Amelia said in a serious tone, "Yes! The poison will gradually damage the brain, making it impossible for dad to wake up. You said that you made dad faint out of anger. What else did you do besides that?"
"I didn't poison him." Brittany assured.
Amelia carefully observed her expression and asked, "Is it really not you?"
"It wasn't me." At the moment, a figure appeared in both Amelia and Brittany's minds. Amelia was immediately filled with deep hatred, while Brittany smiled bitterly.
"It seems that we've thought of the same person." Amelia stared at Brittany's pale face and questioned, "It's Daniel who poisoned him, right?"
Brittany quickly denied, "No! It's definitely not him! There must be some mistakes!"
"Fine, I'll take it as a mistake." Amelia knew how infatuated Brittany was with Daniel. Instead of forcing Brittany to admit it, it was better for her to test her indirectly. "Do you have anything else to tell me? I suggest you vent it all at once. So you won't be seen as a lunatic and be sent to a mental hospital."
Amelia's expression turned cold. "But in that way, your video of that night will also risk being exposed to the public by Kaleb. Aren't you afraid?"
Brittany said indifferently, "As I said, it no longer matters now."
"You have dared to go all out." Amelia asked straightly, "Aren't you afraid that Daniel will divorce you after he's discharged from prison?"
Brittany wrapped her arms around herself and said weakly and sickly, "Everything I've done is all for him. I believe... he will understand me."
Her confidence actually came from nowhere!
She really could not bear to see Brittany continue being played around by Daniel like a fool. Amelia said, "There's one thing that I should stop bothering to hide from you. Actually, Daniel has been secretly interacting with a woman before you got married. Their intimate actions do not look as simple as friends."
Brittany shuddered when she heard that. She stared at Amelia incredulously and said, "You're lying! Daniel loves me the most. He will never do anything to hurt me!"
Amelia looked at her pitifully. "If you really think that he loves you the most, then why would your enmity show every time you see me on the same occasion as him? At the end of the day, you are just constantly afraid that Daniel will be snatched away by another woman." "No! That's not it!" Brittany gradually lost her cool and tried hard to refute Amelia. "It was you who had been hooking up with Daniel, so I was on my guard against you!"
"Is that so? I hooked up with Daniel? When did you see that? Let me tell you the truth. Daniel had tried to flirt with me behind your back many times. If I really wanted to seduce him, we would have had an affair for long!" Amelia said frankly.
"Ah!!!" Brittany covered her ears with all her might as the repulsive illusions appeared in her mind again!
She saw Daniel smiling at Amelia gently, but treated her aloofly and coldly. It was not right, it was completely wrong!
"Brittany, I'm afraid Daniel has always had an ulterior motive."
At the moment, Amelia was basically sure that the person who poisoned George was Daniel. Because once George became unconscious, Daniel was the one who benefited the most in the company!
[Daniel, I will go against you for this sooner or later!]
Brittany's scream penetrated through the ward and got into the ears of Patrick and Richard outside. Immediately, they opened the door and rushed in!
"Amy, are you alright?" "Amelia, don't be afraid! We've come to save you!"

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