The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 780

There were no cameras around, so the only thing they had to go on was the witness who happened to be there at the exact wrong moment.

According to the witness, Stella had Letty pinned to the ground. She was clutching a knife, and the blade was buried in Letty’s stomach. Every bit of evidence seemed to say the same thing. Stella was the one who did it.

So that left Dewitt with one job. He needed to figure out who was lying, just by looking at Letty’s injury, the dagger that was left behind, and the cell phone.

Dewitt slipped on a pair of gloves and picked up the dagger and phone from the table, careful as ever. He spent a couple of minutes examining them before he finally turned to Stella. “Show me your hand, please.”

Stella lifted her head slowly and did as she was told, holding out her hand.

There was a deep red groove across her pale palm, and her fingers were swollen and bruised. The mark lined up perfectly with the pattern on the dagger’s handle. It was proof. Stella had definitely gripped that knife.

“Officer, did you see that?” Fedelia practically shouted, her voice bursting with excitement. “It’s her! Stella tried to kill my daughter with that knife. The witness and the evidence are right here. She’s not getting away with this!”

Letty was tense, her hands balled into fists, her eyes fixed on Dewitt, desperate for his answer.

It was true. Stella had held the knife. The injuries on her hand and her fingerprints on the dagger made that clear. There was no reason for her to panic now.

Dewitt didn’t say a word. Instead, he took the dagger and walked over to Letty’s bed, holding the blade up next to the wound on her stomach.

It was like he’d just uncovered something huge. He glanced at Letty, his face twisting in a weird, almost guilty, frown.

Letty didn’t know what to make of his expression. What was he thinking?

“This is Letty’s medical report,” the doctor said, handing a file over to Dewitt. “This section shows the size and depth of the wound.”

Dewitt flipped through the report. It didn’t take him long to spot the issue.

“I’ve figured it out,” he said.

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