"Ms. Lierger…" said Freda before she signaled with her eyes.
Carla turned around and was stunned when she saw Lucas and Marianne naked on the bed.
"W-What is going on? Lucas, how did this…?" blurted Carla, who didn't really know what to say or do.
"Listen to me, Carla, " explained Lucas as he quickly wrapped himself up in a robe. He hurried over to Carla to say, "I thought she was you, and that is the only reason I…"
"So that means… The two of you…" said Carla. Her gaze was on Marianne, who was still half-naked. Realization ambushed Carla, and she pointed out, "Then could it be… The last two times…"
"N-No, that's not it, " insisted Lucas while shaking his head, "The two of us slept together on the two other occasions…"
"No, " replied Carla. She put her hand on her temple and tried to recall the past despite the headache ambushing her. Then, she said, "I have always suddenly fallen asleep whenever we are together, and I never knew what happened after that. When I wake up, we would've already…"
Carla paused. She stared at Marianne in surprise before she added, "Marianne had always offered me a drink just before we get together. Could it be…?"
"We'll know if she spiked your drink as soon as we run the test. Good thing I'm always prepared, " informed Freda before she picked up Carla's cup. The former had a strip with her and could perform the test right away.
"Examine that too, " instructed Carla while pointing at Lucas' cup.
"Understood, " replied Rogan, who was quick to retrieve the cup.
"There is no need for that, " growled Lisa before she turned to Marianne and instructed, "Get you a_s over!"
Marianne was practically crawling when she approached Lisa with teary eyes. In a voice thick with tears, Marianne said, "Aunt Lisa, I…"
Slap! Lisa slapped Marianne mercilessly and right across the face. The former was so angry that she was roaring through her gritted teeth when she demanded, "Are you going to make me run the tests, or are you going to confess your crimes?"
"I…" murmured Marianne. She was crying so much that she was trembling. Unfortunately, she knew that there was no way of hiding the truth anymore, so she knelt on the floor and answered, "This is all my fault. I have always loved Lucas, and I wanted to be with him. That is the only reason I…"
"N-No, that is not possible, " muttered Lucas as he shook his head nervously and denial, "No, it was Carla. It had to be…"
"You b_tch! I can't believe you did something so vile, " scolded Lisa, who slapped Marianne across the face again before adding, "Do you really think that we'd accept you just because you slept with Lucas just this once? At the end of the day, you are still a b_tch, and Lucas will never marry you!"
Marianne didn't dare to respond to those words. She simply knelt on the floor and sobbed.
Carla, however, knew exactly what Lisa was implying. Lisa is trying to get Marianne to deny having slept with Lucas on the two previous occasions and only admit to the one time that they are caught together…
"Carla, I will teach this b_tch a lesson, " promised Lisa after she turned around to face Carla. The former requested, "Men inevitably make mistakes, and Lucas was conned by that vile b_tch. He didn't do anything of his own free will, so please forgive him."
"I have never blamed him, but I don't think I slept with him the last two times we were supposedly together. I think she has always been the one who was with him, " said Carla as she narrowed her eyes at Marianne.
"How is that possible? That night in Arkfield, I saw with my own eyes that you and Lucas…" insisted Lisa.
"I have proof that suggests otherwise. Would you like to see it?" interrupted Carla as she put on a small grin.
"N-No, that is not possible. That can't be! Carla, I was with you…" said Lucas who kept shaking his head.
Carla signaled Freda and got the latter to produce a laptop to play a video.
"As you know, Lady Lisa, I was poisoned in the past. That incident traumatized me, and I developed a habit of setting up a surveillance camera before I go to bed. I never thought I'd accidentally record something that I shouldn't. My vision is not perfect, so perhaps you should take a look?"
As Carla spoke, the video started playing. It featured Lucas' room and showed how Marianne gave Carla the spiked drink. After that, Marianne pretended to be Carla and slept with Lucas.
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