Resetting Lady - Chapter 109

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The courtroom was thrown into chaos. People couldn’t contain their shock. The murmuring grew louder and louder, and they began pointing fingers openly. Karen’s eyes sparkled. Karen found Isella’s counterattack interesting.

But there was no room for Karen to intervene. People began chattering while looking back and forth between Karen, Isella, and Raymond.

“Order! Order!”

No matter how much the judge banged his gavel, they wouldn’t listen. The lawyer’s shouting was drowned out. Only after a long while did the lawyer finally manage to speak to the judge.

“Your Honor, that witness is giving testimony unrelated to this case.”

But the judge didn’t seem to think so. The judge shook his head.

“It’s not irrelevant to this case. Isn’t she speaking about the defendant?”

The lawyer frowned slightly, put down the documents he was holding, and approached Isella. He looked up at her from below and slowly opened his mouth.

“Miss Isella Evans.”

“Yes.”

“Can you take responsibility for what you just said?”

“Of, of course.”

The lawyer asked Isella Evans again.

“How long has it been since you regained consciousness?”

“About… two days.”

“And how long were you lying unconscious?”

“…7 months.”

The lawyer turned to address the jury and judges.

“Honorable members of the jury. We must consider how much we can trust the testimony of someone who woke up after 7 months.”

The prosecutor stood up.

“She is an adult capable of making proper judgments. Your Honor, the defense is now slandering the witness.”

But the judge didn’t agree with that either.

“No, it’s certainly worth considering.”

The prosecutor brought out another document to the judge. The judge seemed somewhat tired of the continuously added evidence. Someone was constantly trying to overturn what had already been predetermined.

“I would like to submit a doctor’s opinion. It states that she has recovered enough health to make proper judgments.”

After looking at the document the prosecutor presented, the judge nodded.

“Continue.”

Undaunted, the lawyer asked Isella Evans again. Isella Evans’s face was hardened.

“And I understand you were originally engaged to Lord Raymond Seyertes. Is that correct?”

Isella hesitated slightly before answering.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“And you were unconscious due to the fire. For 7 months.”

“…Yes, that’s correct.”

When Isella spoke in a somewhat intimidated voice, the lawyer pressed her more quickly.

“You lost consciousness due to the fire, and after regaining consciousness, the situation had changed greatly. Karen Hyer became Karen Evans and entered a romantic relationship with the man who was your fiancé.”

“…”

The lawyer stared intently at Isella Evans.

“Then you must really hate Karen Evans, don’t you? Enough to call it a grudge.”

“Uh, uh, but.”

Isella’s face turned pale.

“Your Honor, the defense is now repeatedly and intentionally harassing the witness.”

But the judge didn’t agree with the prosecutor this time either.

“But we can’t ignore the fact that the witness is entangled in such relationships.”

“…I, I am.”

Isella stepped back slightly with a cornered expression. She looks at her father. Help me, Father.

“As expected.”

Verdick Evans stood up, seeing his daughter looking at him. As expected, Isella was still too young and weak. He had to step forward. To eliminate that red-haired witch.

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“Isella, Isella! Are you coming to your senses?”

“…Father? Mother?”

Verdick and Mrs. Evans embraced Isella and shed tears. Isella blinked and looked at her parents with a hoarse voice. Isella’s mother hugged her and cried. Verdick cried too. Isella had finally awakened. His daughter, who had been lying unconscious for months, had finally woken up.

Isella was held by her parents with a bewildered expression, her eyes wide open.

“Why… are you doing this?”

Her voice, unused for so long, came out as an unpleasant hoarse sound. Isella frowned and rubbed her throat. She still looked bewildered. It seemed to her that she had just been sleeping and woke up to find her parents holding her and wailing. Her head was dizzy.

“Do you know how long it’s been since you woke up?”

“…What?”

Isella seemed to have no idea what that meant. Mrs. Evans continued Verdick’s words. She stroked her daughter’s cheek repeatedly.

“Isella, it’s been 7 months since you collapsed.”

“…Wh, what? What?”

Isella sat up abruptly with a shocked face. But her legs had no strength, so she soon staggered and fell. Isella sat down and opened her mouth. Suddenly her world had turned upside down. Looking at her daughter, Mrs. Evans shouted at the maid.

“Wa, water!”

The maid hurriedly brought water, and Isella took the cup with trembling hands. Isella hurriedly gulped down the honey water and coughed. Then she drank a few more sips while repeating the words.

“Se, seven months.”

“Yes, there was a fire at the Hyer Estate, and you haven’t regained consciousness until today.”

Verdick explained to his daughter.

“Seven months…”

Isella raised her head. Verdick and Mrs. Evans felt sorry for their daughter’s weak voice. Too many things had happened while their daughter slept. Far too many things.

“Lo, Lord Raymond, what happened to him?”

“…”

He had hoped she wouldn’t ask that… but she’s asking after all. Verdick sighed inwardly. It was ultimately his fault for choosing the wrong man. Verdick’s heart felt like it would tear thinking about how heartbroken Isella would be when she heard that Raymond and Karen were engaged.

“Isella.”

Verdick said while laying Isella back down. It was still too early for his sick daughter.

“You don’t need to worry about him anymore.”

He could buy her a new one. Verdick had to struggle not to curse in front of his daughter. It’s okay, it’s okay. There are plenty of handsome men. Next time, he’d do it more thoroughly so they couldn’t climb up, more properly.

“For now, just focus on getting healthy.”

Once you’re healthy, I’ll buy you any new man you want. Verdick resolved. Isella turned pale and called out to Verdick.

“Fa, Father.”

Isella grabbed Verdick with trembling hands.

“Did Lord Raymond… pa, pass away?”

“I wish he had.”

Mrs. Evans said in a cold voice. Mrs. Evans hated Raymond. She hated Karen. And she hated her husband who had brought them in. Verdick turned to his wife who was grimacing.

“Honey!”

Verdick quietly scolded his wife, but Mrs. Evans looked at Isella with eyes bloodshot with tears. She gritted her teeth. She was so displeased that her daughter had ended up like this.

“That man abandoned you and left.”

“Mrs. Evans!”

“Uh, Mother? Wha… what are you saying?”

Verdick grabbed his wife’s shoulder.

“Isella just woke up.”

“Is that what’s important right now? Is a man that important?”

“Mrs. Evans!”

“Let go!”

Mrs. Evans strongly swatted away Verdick’s hand.

“Lord Raymond Seyertes, that man you liked so much, got engaged to another woman, not you. To the adopted daughter brought in for your father’s business.”

Isella stared at her mother with a blank expression. That can’t be. He, he. But no words of denial flowed from her mother’s clenched lips, and soon Isella lowered her head. That can’t be? No. Isella knew. Raymond had never properly looked at her.

“…Because I, I was asleep.”

Isella murmured. Her face was becoming soaked with despair. Verdick gestured to his wife. Wasn’t it still too early for their daughter? But his wife glared at Verdick and stood up.

Bang.

She closed the door. Isella’s face was bewildered. Too many things had happened as soon as she opened her eyes. Isella sniffled and blew her nose with a towel. It was difficult.

“I, I don’t understand what happened…”

Verdick sighed and opened his mouth. He had to tell his daughter again about the day she last collapsed. Not about the man.

“You couldn’t wake up. Do you remember the fire at the Hyer Estate?”

“There was a fire….”

Isella repeated.

“Yes, so Lord Hyer and a young servant died. Fortunately, Priest Dulan saved you, but you couldn’t regain consciousness until today.”

“Was it because I was suffocated by the smoke?”

“Yes, that’s probably it. Raymond, that bastard who only looks decent on the outside.”

Verdick stopped speaking. Raymond had saved Karen, not Isella. And Verdick couldn’t bring himself to tell his daughter that Raymond seemed to prefer Karen as his fiancée. So Verdick said no more about Raymond.

“He couldn’t save you. Instead, Priest Dulan took care of you.”

Isella looked up at Verdick with a puzzled expression.

“Dulan?”

Verdick explained again to his daughter who couldn’t even remember who he was.

She must have been asleep for too long.

“That, somewhat gloomy… I’m talking about Karen’s former fiancé.”

“…Ah, I see. You’re talking about that priest.”

“Yes. Do you remember anything?”

Isella frowned and lowered her eyes. Her mind, which had been asleep for too long, was dark. Only the story she had just heard was spinning around in her head.

That Lord Raymond, her fiancé, had left.

“Lord Raymond… what woman did he get engaged to?”

“Stop thinking about that man.”

Verdick felt sick when he recalled that Karen and Raymond were engaged. If he had known that Isella would open her eyes again like this, he would never have allowed the engagement.

At the time, he had thought that Isella really wouldn’t be able to open her eyes. So, regardless of whether his daughter could open her eyes or not, he thought of a plan that would minimize his losses.

He made Karen Hyer into Karen Evans and continued the engagement with Raymond. It was because he felt sorry for the effort he had put into Raymond and the development projects he had touched in the Hyer Estate. Raymond was too valuable a noble connection to let go.

“I did something useless.”

He should have chosen a more stupid man. Even though he had secretly noticed that Raymond was constantly looking for opportunities. Verdick knew he had been arrogant. But now that his daughter had awakened, it was time for revenge.

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