Master Odell’s Secret Ex-Wife

Chapter 1640

John cast a wary glance at Sylvia upon saying this.

Sylvia was seething with rage.

John stuttered uncharacteristically for a moment, then continued, “I told my men to bring food to her once every

two days. That was, until the forest fire.

“One day, I just got home from work when I received a call and was told that my mother’s condition had worsened

and that she had to be put on a ventilator Immediately after that call, my men called me as well and told me that

Sherry tried to kill herself by slamming her head against the wall. I knew that she was only doing that to lull me to

her but despite that, I went away and had a very heated exchange with her before I left.

“After that, I went home again. That was when I was informed that my mother’s condition had not worsened but

had instead made a turn for the better. She was awake at last.”

Sylvia was astounded to hear this.

Odell asked, “What was that about her condition worsening? Did someone give you the wrong information?”

John stated, “Someone fed me the wrong information.”

Sylvia made a wild guess. “Julie?”

“Exactly,” John continued. “That was the same night when I found out that she was the one who was behind

everything that had been going on. She was the one who tampered with the brakes of the car and caused my

mother’s accident as she knew that Sherry would try to sneak out with Caprice. Then there was the forest fire…”

“Was she behind that too?” Sylvia asked urgently.

John nodded and confirmed her suspicion. “She had someone do her dirty work for her and set the forest * on fire.

Right now, they are all arrested and awaiting sentence.”

Sylvia was in utter disbelief.

It was all Julie this entire time?

That kind girl who seemed like a model housekeeper, the girl who was always gentle and friendly with everyone?

“Why is she doing this to Sherry? What could she possibly gain out of this?” Sylvia was rattled by this revelation.

John frowned, a look of utter disgust surfaced on his face.

He stated solemnly, “She built a secret room in our house and had the walls filled with pictures of me. There was

even a life-size replica of me made of wax. My mother was the one who stumbled into it and tried to wed her off so

she would stop obsessing over me. That must be what drove her to desperation and so she began scheming.”

-Sylvia was completely speechless.

A secret room filled with John’s photographs and even a wax figure of him…

Had she been completely obsessed with John this entire time?

In one fell swoop, she was able to remove both Madam Stockton and Sherry from the picture by setting up the

former to get into an accident and letting the latter take the blame for what happened.

What a sinister and devious scheme!

If Sherry had not been rescued in time, she might have been long dead by now!

No… something was not right.

Sylvia thought of something else and snapped at John again. “Julie might have been despicable and evil, but none of

this would have happened if you had not made things difficult for Sherry and left her with no choice but to run away

with Caprice! If you didn’t lock her up in that house, she wouldn’t have nearly been burned alive by Julie!”

She grew more furious by the second and at one point snatched a cup with burning hot tea inside on the table.

Just when it seemed like she was going to splash the burning hot tea over John, someone grabbed her wrist.

It was Odell. He gave her a stern look and implored her to not be rash.

Sylvia glared back at him and reluctantly put down the cup.

An uncomfortable silence fell upon them.

Suddenly, John spoke, “You’re right, it was my fault, I was the one who did this to her.”

What happened nine years ago was still deeply traumatizing for him. He knew he should have moved on from what

happened in the past instead of letting it trouble him and make him suspicious of Mason when he showed up.

If he had not acted rashly and terrified Sherry the night Mason showed up, she probably would not have

overreacted and tried to run away with Caprice the very next day.

He also considered that Sherry did end up changing her mind and turning back after she made out a short distance

with Caprice. If she had not done that, there would not have been anyone to save Madam Stockton from the

burning car by pulling her out of that wreckage.

His trauma from nine years ago had distorted his sense of reason!

Deep down, he must have known all along that Sherry never meant to hurt his mother, and she had done. her best

to save his mother as well. For all that, he rewarded her by keeping her imprisoned in that house. and left her to

starve with no one around her, to the point where she chose to bash her head against a wall to end her suffering…

He had made a terrible, grave mistake. He had let her down.

After a prolonged silence, he turned to Sylvia and asked sincerely, “Mrs. Carter, could you please tell me where she

is?”

Sylvia hesitated.

John sensed her great reluctance and promptly assured her. “Don’t worry, I just want to see her so I can clearly

explain everything to her. I promise to not hurt her ever again. I won’t even force her to come back with me if she

doesn’t want to.”

Sylvia sighed and told him the same thing, “I just told you, I have no idea where she is.”