The manager had a thought. He grabbed the phone and called the police. “I think someone’s poisoned the food!”
Gwyneth shot a nervous look at Kieran. “Could it be Asher?”
Kieran told the manager to pull up today’s security footage and check if Asher had been at the hotel.
The police showed up quickly. All five of them watched the footage and saw Asher had come from the basement parking lot. He’d snuck into the kitchen and poisoned the food.
The police wasted no time. Half an hour later, they nabbed Asher as he was about to board a plane. With solid evidence of him trying to poison 60 people, the officers coldly told him he Lould be facing life in prison.
Asher’s legs buckled, and he shook his head frantically. “No! I didn’t poison all the food. I only messed with the Paynes‘ and the Lauders‘ food. and it wasn’t even poison–just a strong laxative.”
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He wasn’t dumb. He’d already consulted a lawyer and knew mass poisoning would get him a life sentence. So he’d only gone after the Paynes and the Lauders to make them look bad.
Asher figured if he got caught, he’d only get six months at most. He thought he could tough it
out.
In a fit of rage, Greta slapped him. “Asher! It’s really you! Frank and I have been good to you, and this is how you repay us?”
Franklin’s face darkened. “If we hadn’t let Wyn marry you, none of this would’ve gone down!”
Asher sneered. He dropped the act and yelled, “Yeah, you’ve all been right! You’ve been looking down on me this whole time! You’re just a bunch of gold diggers trying to get in with the Lauders. If I were Kieran, would you still treat me this way?”
After a beat, he pointed to Gwyneth in her wedding dress. “Why won’t you even give me a chance? We were together for 12 years. You knew Kieran loved you and wanted someone better, didn’t you? You and your folks are nothing but gold diggers!”
Gwyneth slapped Asher across the face. “Gold diggers? Who lived together with you in the basement for three years? Asher, you’re still not seeing it. Your biggest problem is that you always think you’re right”
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