Chapter 33
Chapter 33:
The chief took a look at Rupert. After getting his approval, he handed the ziplock bag containing the ring to Annabel.
With the ziplock bag raised up high, Annabel scanned through the crowd and finally set her eyes on the waiter. “Did you see me wearing this ring p>
“Yes, I saw it with my own eyes,” the waiter replied.
Annabel said calmly, “Watch this, everyone p>
She stretched out her hand for everyone to see. “Take note of how my hand looks now p>
Her fingers were smooth and tender.
“What is she up to p>
Confused murmurs came from the crowd as everyone fixed their eyes on her.
Rupert’s face was expressionless, but questions filled his eyes as he stared at Annabel.
He was intrigued by how Annabel managed to stay calm through the storm and still command everyone’s attention.
The confidence she exuded was something no one would expect from a woman from the countryside.
Rupert longed to see how she would prove her innocence despite the evidence against her.
Under the gaze of everyone present, Annabel unlocked the ziplock bag and held the ring in her hand. In a couple of minutes, her fingers began to swell. Red bumps also appeared on them.
“Oh, my God! What’s happening to her hand? It looks so awful p>
The onlookers were shocked by what they were witnessing.
After a while, Annabel put the ring back into the ziplock bag and returned it to the chief officer. She raised her hand and said, “I’m actually allergic to platinum, and the band is made of platinum. You all saw how my fingers became swollen shortly after I touched the ring. The reaction usually lasts for a few hours. If I had stolen the ring, my hand should have been swollen red and covered with painful bumps before now. It only became swollen just now. In essence, this is the first time I have ever held the ring, so I didn’t steal it p>
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As Annabel spoke, she raised her swollen hand for all to see.
“No, it’s impossible!” Heather stared at Annabel’s hand in disbelief.
How could this be? How could it be such a coincidence that Annabel was allergic to platinum?
“You must have done something!” Heather snatched the ring from the policeman and looked at it carefully, trying to find something wrong. To her disappointment, there was nothing wrong. It was exactly how she remembered it to be.
Heather’s expression changed. She was dumbfounded.
She had meticulously set everything up. Why did her plan fail? No!
At the sight of the disappointment on Heather’s face, Annabel smiled and snatched the ring with her other hand.
“It’s hard to convince you, huh? Not to worry, I’ll show you again p>
The result was the same.
Her left hand became swollen in a few minutes, just like the right.
“This is enough proof that I didn’t steal the ring, right?” Annabel said slowly.
“Well, it’s clear that Miss Hewitt is allergic to platinum, so she couldn’t possibly have stolen the ring,” the police chief said after weighing all the facts.