Ronan leaned back on the sofa behind Sherrie, watching everything with a slightly amused look.
Sherrie frowned. “Stop beating around the bush. Just say it.”
Ella mustered her courage and finally burst into tears as she turned to Nigel. “Mr. Nigel, it was Ms. Allison who stole my phone! When I confronted her, she got angry and flushed it down the drain! My son must be so worried since he can’t contact me. I don’t know what to do…”
Ronan narrowed his eyes and looked at Ella again.
Allison stole her phone? Ridiculous!
Allison might have been unstable, but she was not poor. Why would she steal a maid’s phone and then throw a tantrum over it?
Nigel had the same thought, but he also didn’t believe Ella would lie about something so extreme.
So he asked, “Do you have any proof?”
Ella cried
