#Chapter 280: Convicted

The air around me felt stifling, suffocating, as Bette's words reverberated through my mind like a relentless echo. "Timothy has been arrested for the murder of Stella Fitzgerald." The world spun around me, tilting on its axis as if threatening to swallow me whole. I staggered, my vision blurring, the ground shifting beneath my feet. The weight of the news bore down on me like a crushing force, threatening to shatter my fragile composure. "I... I can't believe this," I stammered, the words barely escaping my trembling lips as I clung to the edge of consciousness. Bette's concerned gaze lingered on me, but her expression revealed the limitation of her knowledge. "Evie, I wish I had more information. I truly do. But this is all I know." Terror gripped my heart, a relentless vice squeezing tighter with each passing moment. I turned to Bette, desperation etched in my voice. "Please, Bette, I need to know what happened. How could this happen?" Bette's eyes softened with empathy, but s