Chapter 43 The Truth Of The Video
Upon seeing Isabella, Ricky immediately ran toward her.
“Mommy!” The baby dove into his mother’s arms.
The teacher quickly walked over and told Isabella what had happened.
Isabella said gratefully, “Oh my, thank you so much. That woman is indeed not my mother. She’s definitely up to no good, trying to approach Ricky.”
The teacher hurriedly said, “It’s my responsibility to do so. You need not be this polite, Ricky’s mother.”
Mrs. Thompson was about to be escorted into the car when she turned around and saw Isabella. Then she immediately shrieked, “Bella, it’s me. I’m your mother!”
Isabella looked at her indifferently and said to the police, “She’s not my mother.
“This woman had harmed me five years ago. Now, she’s approaching my son without my knowledge. I suspect that she wants to harm my son. I hope that the police can start an investigation into this matter. “Not only do you have to investigate the crime of her abducting my son today, but you also have to investigate the matter of her swapping the identities of two babies 25 years ago. I’ll go back with the few of you to give you my statement.”
The police officers’ expressions immediately turned serious when they heard this.
Switching the identities of two babies? This was no small matter.
Mrs. Thompson’s eyes widened. She could not help but feel a little panicky when she looked at Isabella’s cold and impassive countenance.
Isabella looked at her and gave her a strange smile. That sent a chill down Mrs. Thompson’s spine.
Her expression changed and she felt apprehensive. She cursed inwardly, “Charles Thompson, that useless bum! Didn’t he say that he would drive over this wretched girl and kill her?
“Then why could this wretched girl still appear here unharmed?”
However, her questions would be left unanswered as she was escorted into the police car and brought back for investigation.
Isabella first sent Ricky back to Northernville Manor, then she set off for the police station.
Isabella explained how Mrs. Thompson swapped the two children at the police station. The evidence she presented was the hospital’s surveillance records at that time.
As a matter of fact, surveillance camera records from 25 years ago did not exist. However, Isabella still had the support of the great Mr. Langley.
Mr. Langley was not only a skillful hacker but also a mechanical expert. Hence, it was not difficult for him to restore the surveillance footage from more than 20 years ago.
Isabella then handed the evidence to the police.
No matter how much Mrs. Thompson insisted on her innocence, she would not be able to clear her name given the evidence.
When Isabella left the police station, Mrs. Thompson was staring at her with fear and resentment. However, Isabella did not even spare her a look.
It was given that Mrs. Thompson wouldn’t just sit still and wait for her demise. She quickly called Samantha to ask for help.
She knew that Samantha would definitely have a way to save her.
However, she could not get through to Samantha despite trying several times because Samantha was in a predicament herself.
Mr. Thompson’s car was dented from the impact. He was also seriously injured and unconscious. When he was discovered, his head and face were covered in blood.
Fortunately, he was still alive, but Samantha felt that Mr. Thompson was better off dead.
He was asked to kill someone, but he ended up in this state. She would not have to deal with this trouble if he just died.
It was only after a few hours that she could finally catch her breath. Then she found that there were several missed calls on her phone. Most of them were from Mrs. Thompson.
A trace of impatience flashed across Samantha’s eyes. Just as she was about to turn off her phone, she remembered that Mrs. Thompson seemed to have gone to the kindergarten to look for that child. Samantha’s eyes flickered. She was about to return the call to ask about the situation when her phone rang again. Of course, the call was from Mrs. Thompson.
As soon as the call went through, Mrs. Thompson cried to Samantha, “Sammy, save me. I’m stuck at the police station because of that bitch Isabella Thompson!”
She was trying to get Samantha to think of a way to get her out of the police station while she whined. Samantha, on the other hand, was just exasperated.
These two were useless. One was seriously injured and the other was sent to the police station. They were not even capable enough to complete the tasks assigned to them.
She suppressed her fury and said, “Mom, Dad was hit. He’s in the hospital for emergency treatment.” There was a hint of malice in her tone.
On the other end of the line, Mrs. Thompson, who was informed of the news, rolled her eyes and fainted. Samantha then hung up in a deadpan manner.
She thought that the situation regarding the Thompson couple was already the worst-case scenario there would be, but she was not expecting it to aggravate even more as more bad news hit her.
Then her agent called. Samantha picked up the phone. When she heard what her agent said, she just stood rooted to the ground. Her face turned pale and her hands trembled as she struggled to turn on her phone. There were three trending topics on twitter.
One of the hashtags said, “Samantha Lang’s biological mother swapped the real Young Lady, a devious plot.” The other, “Samantha Lang’s mother tries to abduct a child from kindergarten.”
And also, “Samantha Lang stole the life of the real Young Lady.”
Samantha felt as if she was being pricked by countless needles from those glaring trending topics.
She clicked on the first tweet. It was a video of how Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Thompson had discussed the swap of the two children 25 years ago.
The same thing was happening to the Lang family as well.
The members of the Lang family also saw the video. After watching the video, the Lang family couple and Jason Lang fell silent.
And of course, they did not have particularly good expressions on their faces.
“This can’t be true. There’s no way the video from 25 years ago could be maintained in such good condition.” Mrs. Lang was murmuring.
Moreover, they had often interacted with the Thompson family couple over the years, so they knew them quite well.
The impression they had of the Thompson family couple was that they were not after money or incentives and only wanted to recompensate their daughter.
However, that video was too concrete to be doubted.
In the video, the young Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Thompson had scheming and greedy expressions. They didn’t hide their ugly faces since there was no one around.
“I want my daughter to live the life of a rich young lady too. Charles, do you know what kind of life the Lang family is leading?
“If our biological daughter can become the eldest daughter of the Lang family, we will also benefit from it if we acknowledge her as our daughter in the future.”
Charles said, “But what if we’re discovered?”
“That won’t happen. Mrs. Lang has just given birth and is in a coma. Mr. Lang is out of town and won’t be back for a while. Charles, send the nurse away later. I’ll do the deed myself.”
After that, the two of them sent the nurse away successfully. Then Mrs. Thompson swiftly swapped the two children.
When she hugged the real young lady, her lips curled into a cold and heartless smile. She stretched out her finger and tapped the baby’s forehead firmly without pity. “You can only blame it on your luck,” she said. Perhaps because of the pain, the baby in her arms opened her mouth and cried loudly.
As soon as the baby cried, Mrs. Thompson’s expression changed. She reached out and covered the baby’s mouth to stop her crying.
The expression of the members of the Lang family turned hostile instantly when they saw such a scene.
Jason suddenly stood up and said, “I’ll go verify the authenticity of this video. My friend is an expert in this field.”
“Hurry,” Ethan Lang said with a livid expression. If everything in the video was true, then what the Thompson couple did was outright disgusting.
Mrs. Lang was trembling all over. She was afraid that the contents of the video were true.
Jason glanced at his parents with a cold glint in his eyes. “If the video is real, I will definitely make the Thompson couple pay the price.”
Jason thought of the little baby in the video who was treated roughly and had her mouth covered when she cried. Then he was suddenly reminded of the girl who had died five years ago.
He didn’t think much of it until he saw the entire process of how the babies were swapped.
However, when he saw Mrs. Thompson carrying his biological sister away from his mother, he was surprised to feel an indescribable concern for the baby.
That was his biological sister. She had been maliciously swapped. She had been separated from her mother’s side.
Their family had even raised the daughter of their enemy and treated her as their own.
Meanwhile, his biological sister lived with her scheming adoptive parents. She would not have led a happy life.
Jason was feeling very conflicted inside while he thought about the girl who was in a sorry state five years ago.
A few hours later, Jason’s friend replied to him.
“The video is authentic. There were no traces of forging.”
After saying that, Jason’s friend clicked his tongue and sighed. “There really are all kinds of people, aren’t there? Jason, the victim of this case is undoubtedly that innocent baby. She’s your real sister, isn’t she?” Jason’s eyes turned red. He suddenly remembered that Isabella had told them the truth five years ago. Isabella had said that Mrs. Thompson deliberately swapped her and Samantha, but at that time, none of them believed her.
Isabella might have wanted to tell them the truth, hoping to gain the trust and love of her biological parents. But in the end, she only received suspicion and denial.
Then, there was the plane crash incident.
Jason’s expression was sinister.
Simultaneously, the Rivera family had also seen the trending topics.
At first, the Rivera family thought highly of their future daughter-in-law, Samantha, but they started to have second thoughts once they saw the video.
The Thompson family couple had really worrying dispositions. They did not know if Samantha was completely unrelated in ali of these because she was the couple’s daughter.
“This couple… They’re really good at putting up an act. They even fooled the Lang family. They’re too
scheming. That girl, Samantha Lang… I don’t think she’s a simple character either. She doesn’t look like an innocent girl.”
Cristian Rivera’s mother said slowly.
Regina Rivera muttered softly, “Why do I feel that Samantha Lang and her biological parents are two- faced?” Regina was a die-hard fan of Samantha Lang, but now, it seemed she was beginning to think otherwise. Regina stuck out her tongue when she saw her parents and brother staring at her. “Well, I’m just saying.” Cristian looked away from his sister and turned to his parents. “Dad, Mom. I think we should call off the marriage. I don’t think Samantha Lang is a suitable marriage partner.”
Regina immediately exposed his true thoughts. “Dad, Mom. Big Brother has Isabella Thompson in mind ever since he saw her.”
The Rivera couple was stunned. “What? That child is still alive?”
Rivera said, “Yes, she’s still alive. We just saw her a few days ago.
“You wouldn’t know, but Isabella Thompson is a really fierce and terrifying person!”
She was dazed for a moment before turning to Cristian. “Big Brother, do you think this video is fake? Maybe Isabella Thompson fabricated this video in order to frame Sam? My God! I shouldn’t have
thought of Sam that way earlier. She isn’t two-faced!”
Cristian said, “That video is definitely authentic. You know that I’m an expert in this field.”
Regina was freaking out again. “Oh no! Why do I feel like Sam is someone two-faced again?
“Actually, regardless of whether Samantha Lang knew of what her biological parents did, she’s no longer suitable for our family.
“Cristian is right. The Rivera family will never welcome someone with a bad reputation. I think we should just call off the marriage.”
Regina had a regretful expression.
However, it seemed that all the members of the Rivera family were quite furious about the swapping of the babies in the video.
In the video, Mrs. Thompson’s expression was hideous and ugly. And just like that, a clueless newborn baby was swapped out…
“I’d kill this woman if it were me! How hateful!”
Regina was a straightforward girl. She watched the video repeatedly and absolutely hated Mrs. Thompson for her deeds.
In particular, the young Mrs. Thompson looked very similar to the current Samantha.
Samantha couldn’t care less about Mrs. Thompson, who was stuck in the police station. She returned to the Lang family with a ghastly expression. She knew that from the moment the video was exposed, she would be abandoned by the Lang family.
The only thing she had to do now was to protect herself and manipulate things to make it seem like she was uninvolved in everything.
When Samantha returned, the Lang family was still feeling low because Jason’s appraisal of the video had been completed and it was proven to be authentic.
Samantha walked through the door, her face full of tear streaks. When Mrs. Lang saw Samantha, an image flashed through her mind. It was the baby in the video who had her mouth covered roughly. The baby could not even cry out. Mrs. Lang did not know why that was all she could think of.
The baby was her biological daughter. She had given birth to her after 10 months of pregnancy. Yet, Mrs. Thompson treated the baby like that….
Mrs. Thompson would not even let a baby off. One could only imagine how the child would be treated afterward.
For the first time, Mrs. Lang wanted to investigate the kind of life Isabella had led in the Thompson family. Mrs. Lang wasn’t the only one who had this thought. Jason and Ethan were of the same stance. The family of three was occupied with their thoughts and none of them paid attention to Samantha.
It was true that they had raised Samantha, but they just could not face Samantha and pretend that nothing had happened when they thought of the baby and her treatment.
The Lang family then began their investigation of Isabella and her stay with the Thompson family. They wanted to know what she had experienced there.
The neighbors of the Thompson family only had praise for Isabella. “You mean Bella? She is a polite and considerate child.
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“It’s just unfortunate that her parents were unreliable people. They didn’t care if their child was sick. It was husband that found her. One time, she had passed out from fever outside the district, beside the trash cans. My husband carried her to the clinic. I remember it was a chilly autumn day. If he hadn’t found her, her condition would have worsened and that might have led to severe consequences.
“Also, Bella never disobeyed her parents. She was a good child and never splurges.
“Even so, her parents did not treat her better. In elementary school, Bella studied well and got first place in the school. She could have gone to a prestigious middle school, but for some reason, the parents forced the child into a lousy one.
“When she graduated from junior high school, her grades were not bad at all. She could attend a better high school. But in the end, the couple sent their child to the worst high school. She was a good child, but she could only attend a third-rate university…
“Later on, we found out that Bella is not their biological child. Then I saw how they treated Bella. They never gave her any good attitude. And they did not care if the child had any food to eat once she came back from school.
“I suspected at that time that they already knew that Bella is not their biological child. Otherwise, why would they always treat the child so badly? Who would suppress their child like that?
“Other children would be punished for having bad grades, but that child… She was treated harshly and starved because she was too outstanding. I just… Sometimes I just wonder if her adoptive parents are enemies with her biological ones…”
