Chapter 416 Fainted
Nicole thought she could finally find out the identity of the person who was behind all of these once she caught the security guard framing her. In the end, it turned out the security guard was only receiving a tremendous amount of reward from the man behind and never saw the culprit in person.
The culprit asked him to leave no traces and blame everything on Nicole. However, she came back earlier than he expected, so he couldn’t transfer the data in time. He was originally attempting to transfer the data for a second time when the others were busy interrogating Nicole, but he was arrested instead.
Even now, he couldn’t think of the reason why he was caught by the surveillance cameras even if he had cut off the power supply.
Nicole sneered at his confused look and sent him a sarcastic smile. “I have a feeling such a thing would happen, so I set up an uninterruptible power supply in the lab. It will provide emergency power to the surveillance cameras when the main power supply fails.”
She thought she could root out the organization opposing her this time, but Pierre denied his involvement in the matter. As for Norman, she only had solid evidence of him regarding what happened to White back in the past.
Even though she was hoping Norman would rat Pierre out, Norman wasn’t revealing anything and denying every accusation against him.
He denied everything with a stern look, even if they were showing him the proof.
At first, Pierre never expected Norman to be arrested until he learned that Nicole was setting them up from the news. Raging, he slammed his hand on the table and made a loud thud.
Even though Norman did not betray him for the time being, Pierre knew he needed to be prepared. Or else, once Norman knew Pierre wasn’t planning to save him, he no doubt would turn on Pierre and sell Pierre to Nicole.
Meanwhile, Nicole recalled Betty’s words once she had dealt with Norman. Bringing along Hayden, she set off to Betty’s place.
Betty was living in a small and shabby apartment. The exterior walls were painted red, but it was hard to tell as they were mottled with age, with some even peeling off.
The door gate was made of iron, but it already rusted over years.
Nicole reached out her hand and knocked lightly on the gate before noticing the door wasn’t locked up. It ended up opening just like that.
Hayden was standing behind Nicole as he poked his head out with a curious look. Today, he was here to see an important person to his mother. Scanning his surroundings, he concluded he had come to an old place and was curious to see what kind of person the owner was.
The iron door creaked open, revealing the interior.
Raising her voice, Nicole called out to the owner as she stepped inside. “Ms. Betty?”
Nobody answered her. The house seemed empty with its owner nowhere to be found.
The house was rather small, and the living area was integrated with the kitchen. Even though the room seemed old, Betty kept the interior organized and tidy, which expressed a hint of a warm and cozy vibe.
Staring at the shut door, Nicole stepped closer to it as she called out again into the bedroom, “Ms. Betty? Are you there?”
I told her I’ll be visiting today during our phone call yesterday. I don’t think she would’ve gone out.
Doubts were creeping into Nicole’s mind when she pushed the bedroom door open and found a person lying on the floor. The scene startled her and she immediately rushed over to check on the woman.
Pressing a hand onto Betty’s neck, Nicole let out a sigh of relief when she felt the faint pulsing.
She took a moment to do a quick check on Betty and found no obvious wounds on the woman. It turned out that Betty simply fainted, but she needed to do a body check at the hospital to find out the cause.
Nicole helped the unconscious woman to get on the bed and tucked the woman in before her gaze rested on the note sticking to the headboard.
The note was a reminder that Nicole and Hayden would be visiting Betty today. Nicole felt a pang of sadness looking at the note, but couldn’t make out the cause.
Noticing her sudden silence, he joined her beside the bed and pulled her sleeve, asking, “Mom, what’s going on?”
Nicole shook her head. She had no idea what the cause of Betty’s passing out would be, but she was glad to see there wasn’t any wound on Betty after a quick check.
Nicole grabbed a stool nearby and sat at the bedside before giving Betty another examination. A moment later, she allowed herself to relax after she made sure there was nothing serious about Betty, aside from her fainting.
Hayden was sitting in Nicole’s lap, and she had her arms around him as they waited. About half an hour later, Betty finally woke up.
She slowly opened her eyes to get used to the surroundings and Nicole came into her view at her first glance. Much to Nicole’s surprise, Betty was staring at her in confusion instead of the expected happiness to see her and Hayden.
