Chapter 173

Vivienne was surprised. "Didn't you report it to the police?" "I did. After the investigation, it was confirmed that I was innocent. But that woman, for some reason, was fixated on me, constantly harassing me to take responsibility for her." What a surprise—a real-life version of the fable about trusting the untrustworthy happened to Eric. "What happened next?" she asked. Eric sighed. "My parents knew things weren't getting anywhere, so they gave her family a large sum of money to make them leave. That was years ago, and I don't know why they came back to harass me again." "Have you thought about releasing the police report to clear up the rumors?" He shook his head. "It's useless. She filed a report saying I was the perpetrator. After the investigation, the police said I wasn't a suspect, but they never caught the real culprit either. "Then, she claimed I deceived her… No matter how much I explain now, it won't do anything to clear my name." Having experienced online harassmen