Chapter 295
I will also arrange for someone to guarantee your personal safety. But, I need you to do me a favor p>
Mrs. Bridges looked up at her through tear-blurred eyes. “You want me to testify against Ms. Carlyle p>
“Yes,” Sienna nodded firmly.
“I can do that, but Mrs. Bridges swallowed hard, her expression fraught with hesitation. “She is truly terrifying. I’m afraid she p>
Sienna cut her off. “As long as the truth comes to light, the Sterling family will absolutely not let Celeste get away with this. Once that happens, her threat against you disappears completely p>
Convinced by Sienna’s logic, Mrs. Bridges finally agreed. “Okay p>
After ensuring Mrs. Bridges and her husband were safe and relocated, it was nearly eleven o’clock by the time Sienna got home.
She immediately called Luna and relayed everything Mrs. Bridges had confessed.
Luna let out a thrilled scream on the other end. “With Mrs. Bridges testifying, all we need to do is locate the primary crime scene, and sending Celeste straight to prison is a guaranteed slam dunk p>
“Exactly,” Sienna nodded. “So we can’t wait any longer. I’m going to Sterling Manor tonight to collect soil samples and document the marks on the tree roots for hard evidence p>
“Do you know what time it is?” Luna asked, her voice laced with deep unease. “I’m coming with you. It’s too dangerous for you to go alone p>
“No need,” Sienna rejected the idea immediately. “There’s been a constant stream of visitors checking on his grandfather lately, so the security guards won’t stop me.
But if I bring you along, it’ll draw too much attention. We might alert the Manor’s staff or get noticed by Celeste’s people p>
“But I just have a really bad feeling about this. My eye has been twitching all night Luna worried endlessly.
“Stop overthinking it,” Sienna said, her tone perfectly steady. “I have your evidence collection kit. I’ll sneak in quietly, grab the samples, take the photos to secure the evidence, and leave immediately. I won’t linger p>
Unable to talk Sienna out of it, Luna reluctantly gave in, repeatedly urging her to be extremely careful.
After hanging up, Sienna gathered her supplies and drove to Sterling Manor alone.
Seeing her calm demeanor, the security guards assumed she was just there for another late-night visit regarding the old man and let her right in.
Sienna deliberately lightened her footsteps; navigating carefully to avoid any maids walking through the corridors, ensuring she didn’t alert a single soul in the massive house.
Following a secluded path, she headed straight for the Sweetbriar Woods in the backyard.
Under the cover of night, the Sweetbriar Woods were deep and eerily silent.
Strangely, the usually potent scent of the flowers seemed much fainter tonight.
Sienna didn’t have the luxury of overthinking it; her entire focus was on securing the evidence.
She crouched down, pulled out her tools and carefully began collecting samples, holding her phone steady to focus the camera lens.
As long as she successfully preserved these images and physical samples, the crime scene would be irrefutably locked down.
No matter how Celeste tried to spin it, she would have absolutely no way out.
Sienna stared intently at her phone: screen, making sure not to miss a ̈ single detail. She was just one second away from hitting the save button.
Suddenly, every single floodlight in the Sweetbriar Woods blazed on at exactly the same time!
The blinding glare instantly bathed the entire grove in stark light, completely exposing her solitary figure without anywhere to hide.
Sienna’s heart violently jolted in her chest, and she instinctively snapped her head up.
Dozens of figures stood layered at the entrance to the woods, their collective gazes locking onto her with icy hostility.
There was Helena, her face twisted with deep dissatisfaction and mockery, and the grandmother, looking intensely severe.
The butler, the bodyguards, and a crowd of maids all stood there, their expressions ranging from sheer shock to utter disgust.
And standing at the very front of the crowd was Jarred.
His tall, imposing figure was dressed entirely in black, making his sharp features look even more profound and chilling.
His face was as dark and cold as an abyssal pool, completely devoid of his usual cynical, laid-back demeanor.
His pitch-black eyes fixed heavily on Sienna, churning with dark, unreadable emotions.