Chapter 507

"Yes, I did look into this. For a long time, I was wondering whether someone had deliberately orchestrated the abduction case. "After all, my family doesn't have a deep-rooted feud with a certain someone that they'd want to abduct me. Plus, my parents hadn't received any ransom demands in exchange for my release, nor threats to kill me if they didn't pay." If it was money, they certainly wouldn't have had Linda's family in the dark. Even William's family never received any demands for money. "If this were in the past, some people might think that I had made up this story out of resentment for Joanne—who's already dead—to frame her. "But you know very well that, no matter how much I hate someone, I'd never recklessly slander them. I admit that I loathed Joanne on several occasions, especially because of how poorly she treated me during our marriage. But I'm not that kind of person." Linda despised bringing up the past, but it was inevitable under such circumstances. "In fact, Jo