“We can sue Eugene for providing fake information and evidence. We can even sue all those people who stood as witnesses against Mom that day,” Penny suggested. Evan knitted his brows together even more upon hearing what she said. How could she come up with such a ridiculous idea?
“I saw the indictment-Eugene sued your mother for multiple attempts of intentional homicide. Even if Ellen isn’t dead, the court might only reduce the sentence by a few years. What your mother committed was still a crime. Didn’t you see the CCTV footage and the papers that Eugene provided? Your mother even told Anna to poison both Eugene and North. On top of that, she got Tres to attack Olivia more than once.
All of these factors count in the sentence as well. Furthermore, since the court hearing hasn’t started, how are you sure that the evidence Eugene provided is fake? At most, he might have been a little careless with his phrasing in the indictment,” Evan said. Penny stared at him helplessly. “What do you mean, Uncle Evan? Aren’t you going to help me?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to help you; it’s that I don’t have any way to offer you help. Your mother’s such a smart person, but she was still defeated by Eugene in the end. This is between them, so my suggestion is that you don’t get involved in it,” Evan replied.
Penny’s eyes were red. “That’s my mother we’re talking about. Are you telling me to just watch as my mother goes to prison? You’re my uncle and my mother’s brother. How could you be so heartless?”
Evan wasn’t interested in her words any longer. “It doesn’t matter what you say I simply can’t help you. It’s not that I don’t want to do it! At most, I can find your mother a good lawyer that might reduce your mother’s sentence by a little. It’s impossible for her not to be convicted. If you were the one who was the target of your mother’s actions, do you think you’d be able to forgive your mother? I thought Eugene would take revenge multiple times, and I thought he might fake an accident as your mother did. Do you think your mother would have survived that?”
Mandy added on to her husband’s words. “Yeah. Eugene was kind enough to send her to prison only for a few years. It’s not as if you’ll never see her again. She’ll be able to work and live as usual once she’s out, right?”
Penny gazed at her uncle’s family disappointedly. “Is this something one’s brother and his wife would say to a family member? My mother spent so many years building Roberts Group, and she supported you guys so much. Yet, you guys aren’t offering any help when she needs it, and you guys even think that she deserves what she’s getting!”
Mandy knitted her eyebrows together firmly. “How could you say that, Penny? What do you mean when you say that your mother supported all of us? That makes it sound like we’re just waiting for money to fall from the sky without doing anything. We put effort into the company too! Throughout the years, your mother has been the decision-maker of the company.
Everything from the company’s development to our individual actions was all under your mother’s supervision. She even sticks her nose into the sort of women your cousin dates. You say it like we’re villains. Ever since you came in, we’ve been caring for you and helping you to process this matter. What else do you want us to do? Do you expect us to do as you say and sue Eugene?”
“Even if you want us to do it, you’d have to wait until your mother is sentenced in accordance with the assumption that Ellen is dead. Only then can we sue them for providing false information. Now, they’re not even suing your mother for killing Ellen. Even if they did so, Eugene already knows that you’re aware of the fact that Ellen is alive.
Do you think he’d still bring this up in court now? He’s a smart man- he wouldn’t allow you to gain leverage over him. I understand that you want to save your mother, but your uncle and I are just regular, powerless people. How do you expect us to go against Eugene? Furthermore, he didn’t frame her for anything-it’s true that your mother committed those crimes. How are you supposed to defend her?” Mandy uttered.
Penny felt her heart turning cold, then she stood up and left without saying anything else.
