Thinking about this, Frederic stood frozen to the spot. Although he had suspected that Cherry was behind it all, suspicion was one thing; confirmation was another.
He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, a pain so intense that he almost forgot to breathe.
"No way," he muttered to himself. "Cherry can't be the one who killed Plum. She can't be Scarlett's birth mother. If that's true, why would she try to set me up with Scarlett? We are half-siblings."
Watching Frederic's anguish, Martin sighed, "I had the same suspicions. I even suspected that you weren't Cherry's son."
Hearing this, Frederic grabbed Martin's collar. "That's also a possibility. I need to do a paternity test. If she's Scarlett's mother, then she definitely isn't mine."
With that, he turned to leave, but Martin gra
