Divorced, But Queen - Chapter 74: Chapter 74

"No," Aria responded. Soon, a polygraph was strapped onto Aria.
Fryderyk glanced at the digital screen, and the readings on it formed a flat line.
"Is the machine broken?" he asked. The officer checked the polygraph and then shook his head. "No."
Even innocent people showed emotional fluctuations when they were in the interrogation room.
However, Aria was unusually calm. "Is Madelyn Colton your former name?" Fryderyk asked.
Aria tilted her head slightly and said, "Officer, my name is supposed to be Silvia Saxon if that is what you are asking." Her answer was flawless.
"Do you hate the Saxon family?" Fryderyk continued.
Aria raised her eyebrows. "Does it have anything to do with the accusation?"
"No, it is a test for the machine," Fryderyk explained.
"I don't hate them."
"Do you hate Silvia?"
"No."
"Do you hate your adoptive parents?"
The line on the digital screen slightly went upward, but the change was within the normal range. Aria gave a faint smile. "Who are my adoptive parents?"
Fryderyk raised his eyebrows, and his expression froze in place. "Aren't Dominic and Alice your adoptive parents?"
"Never had they fed me, so why do you have that delusion?" Aria asked. When Aria was two years old, Dominic and Alice had sold her away.
After a moment of silence, Fryderyk changed the topic. "Do you know who paid Leon to kill you?"
"No idea." The line on the digital screen stayed flat.
"Did you meet Lily Cromwell seven years ago?" Fryderyk brought up another topic.
"Who's she?"
The interrogation dragged on for a full hour. When it ended, Fryderyk visibly looked tired.
He glanced at the digital screen and muttered, "Aria's been trained. The polygraph doesn't work on her."
Jackson frowned, knowing something was off. "Captain Fletcher, what's next for her?"
"Is Lily here?"
"Yes."
"Interrogate her."
As Aria was escorted out of the interrogation room, she crossed paths with Lily.
Lily, a seventeen-year-old girl, failed to conceal her shock when she saw Aria. Suddenly, everything clicked for her.
Leon must've spilled the truth about that night. Fryderyk's goal of this meeting between Aria and Lily was achieved.
Lily put on the polygraph, and her heart pounded like mad. It took her quite a while to calm down.
Fryderyk asked, "Are you nervous?"
Lily nodded honestly. "It's my first experience of an interrogation room. It feels like I'm the suspect, so yeah, I'm nervous."
This time, Fryderyk was in charge of the recording while Jackson did the questioning.
Jackson eased Lily in with simple questions and later asked, "Do you know Aria?"
Lily responded, "Do you mean Nathan's sister? The woman I just ran into?"
"Yes."
"I don't."
"That night seven years ago, you and your father found Declan's body, didn't you?"
"Yes." The line on the digital screen went upward. Obviously, Lily was nervous.
"There were other people, weren't there?"
Lily hesitated for a moment and then nodded. "Yes."
Jackson pressed Lily further. "Why did you lie? Even mislead your father?"
Lily let out a snort. "Seven years ago, I was only ten years old. How could I mislead a grownup? I just wanted to help my dad get 100 thousand dollars."
With that sum of money, she could lead a peaceful life for some days as her father wouldn't abuse her verbally or physically.
"Did you see that girl kill Declan?"
"No."
"Was she Aria?"
"I don't know."
"Didn't you see her face?"
Lily hesitated. "It was nighttime. I didn't see her clearly."
"Did she give you a bank card?"
"Yes."
"To lie for her sake?"
"No." Lily gave a bitter smile. "She was a good person. She gave me the card because she sympathized with me. Without her kindness, I might not be alive today. I would've taken Leon down with me."
Her words astounded Fryderyk and Jackson, and they subconsciously glanced at the digital screen.