CHAPTER 12: CHAPTER 12: BROUGHT UPON ONESELF

Soon, the nanny was forcibly brought over.

As soon as the nanny saw Henry Stanton, she shouted, "Master, I’m innocent! I went out because my useless son got into trouble again, it has nothing to do with the snake incident. You can’t suspect me! I have always been loyal to the Stanton Family!"

Henry Stanton didn’t listen to the nanny at all. With a wave of his hand, he ordered, "Tie her up!"

The servants immediately took action, tying the nanny up tightly.

Henry Stanton looked around the hall and found a belt left by a guest.

He handed the whip to a servant: "Beat her!"

The servant hesitated for a moment, but eventually obeyed.

"Smack—" The whip landed, and the nanny immediately screamed in agony, rolling on the ground in pain.

Summer Monroe watched coldly from the side.

It seemed that the sneaky figure appearing on her balcony and letting in the cobra was this old woman.

She had to pay for her actions, so Summer Monroe wouldn’t show any mercy.

By the tenth stroke, the nanny could no longer make a sound, drenched in cold sweat.

Even so, she didn’t reveal the truth.

Because... it would be murder!

The servant in charge of the beating couldn’t help but say, "Master, we can’t continue this. She’s old, and if we keep this up, it could lead to death!"

Henry Stanton didn’t want a death on his hands before the matter was resolved.

He was about to order to stop when a servant who had gone to investigate returned.

"Master, I asked around at the South District market and found someone who sold a poisonous snake there late at night."

The nanny on the ground stiffened, and Summer Monroe noticed it keenly, immediately asking, "Was it the nanny who bought it?"

The servant shook his head: "I didn’t ask, I brought the person over, and we’ll confirm if that snake is the one they sold."

Henry Stanton nodded: "Very well, bring the person in!"

"Yes."

Soon, a snake trader walked in with some trepidation.

Henry Stanton instructed to bring the corpse of the dismembered snake into the hall and asked the snake trader: "Is the snake you sold this one?"

The snake trader glanced at it and nodded: "Yes, it’s this one. The scales on its tail were accidentally knocked off during the transaction, it’s definitely this snake, sir."

Henry Stanton coldly laughed, picked up the trembling nanny off the ground, and brought her before the snake trader, asking, "Was it this old lady who bought it?"

The snake trader wasn’t sure what was happening, but seeing the setup, he didn’t dare to lie. He glanced at the nanny and nodded: "It was her... she said she wanted to use the snake to make medicinal wine, so I recommended the most poisonous southern snake from my stock."

The evidence was undeniable.

"Now, what else do you have to say?" Henry Stanton tossed the nanny aside and coldly asked.

The nanny half-sat on the ground, trembling all over, yet remained silent.

Summer Monroe spoke timely: "Nanny, at this point, there’s no need to hide anymore. Before the police arrive, confess why you wanted to harm Clarissa! You watched her grow up, and yet you wanted her life. Don’t you think you were too cruel?"

"No... I didn’t, why would I harm Miss Clarissa? In my heart, she is like my daughter..."

"Then who did you intend to harm? Father?" Summer Monroe pressed forward, knowing that the nanny might falsely accuse her, she directly added, "Or was someone instructing you to frame me? You might even say I ordered you to buy the snake to harm others!"

The nanny, about to accuse Summer Monroe, seemed speechless, as if choked.

She meant to claim Summer Monroe had instructed her, but with Summer Monroe’s statement, saying so would seem too deliberate...

While the nanny hesitated, Summer Monroe decisively said, "Father, call the police. Such a malicious person should spend the rest of her life in prison!"

"No! Please, no. My two sons still need me..." The nanny immediately begged, kowtowing directly to Summer Monroe.

Summer Monroe calmly said, "Then tell the truth. Perhaps Father will remember past loyalties and decide to spare you..."

The nanny was completely shaken.

Telling the truth might spare her from prison, but remaining silent meant taking Clarissa Stanton’s place in jail.

She didn’t plan to sacrifice so much for Clarissa Stanton and her mother.

"I’ll tell, I’ll say everything..." The nanny sobbed bitterly and said, "It was Miss Clarissa who instructed me to do this! She told me to buy the snake and put it in Miss Monroe’s room, but I didn’t know how it ended up in Miss Clarissa’s room..."

Summer Monroe immediately said, "My room and Clarissa’s room are very close; the snake might have crawled to her room via the balcony. I really didn’t expect Clarissa to dislike me so much when she was so nice to me..."

Summer Monroe’s eyes were filled with innocence, and she had an incredulous expression, as if she had been struck by a heavy blow.

"Wretched old hag! And that little vixen! They brought this on themselves!"

Henry Stanton sighed deeply, taking several deep breaths to calm himself before speaking, "Bring down the lady of the house, let her see what kind of daughter she has raised!"

He had spent a fortune grooming a socialite daughter, yet never anticipated that she would commit such vile deeds!

Summer Monroe consoled, "Father, don’t be too angry; my appearance was rather sudden. My sister just couldn’t accept it at the moment. I believe, in time, she will accept me..."

"Even at a time like this, you’re still speaking for her? Your kindness will be the end of you! If the snake had bitten anyone, it would have been you!"

Summer Monroe shook her head, "Everyone makes mistakes; my sister is still young, she will understand someday..."

Just then, Stella Monroe was brought down.

After hearing the nanny’s account, Stella Monroe’s face turned livid, with a trace of disappointment deep in her eyes.

She had borne a foolish daughter!

Despite repeatedly warning Clarissa Stanton now was not the time to act, Clarissa Stanton had disobeyed and went behind her back to take such drastic actions!

"I’m sorry, husband, it’s all because I didn’t teach our daughter well enough. When she returns, I’ll properly educate her! Summer, I apologize to you too. I wronged you. Please don’t hold it against your sister, and I’ll ensure she loves and cherishes you like family."

Henry Stanton, seeing Stella Monroe apologize to Summer Monroe, felt his anger towards Stella wane slightly.

"So be it! Family scandals should not be shared, let this matter end here. But this old hag cannot stay! Someone, send her to the countryside farm, and don’t allow her to contact anyone!"

"Yes!"

The nanny was forcibly taken away.

Soon, a call came from the hospital.

"Master, the Second Miss has woken up. She doesn’t want to stay in the hospital and wishes to be discharged immediately and come home."

"Let her be!" Henry Stanton’s tone was very unpleasant.

After all, Clarissa Stanton was so malevolent. Today, she could harm Summer; tomorrow, she could harm him!

He couldn’t believe he had fathered such a person!

At the hospital.

As soon as Clarissa Stanton completed the discharge procedures, she impatiently wanted to return to the Stanton house.

She wanted to tell Father that it was Summer Monroe who placed the snake in her room!

Summer Monroe wanted her dead!