Chapter 754 - 753: Vicious Framing (7)

Chapter 754: Chapter 753: Vicious Framing (7)

Bella talked with Sandra Woods on the phone for a while to reassure her. Just after she hung up, Archer Quinn and Sharon Cheney called.

Even Bea, who hadn’t been in touch for quite some time, called to ask what was going on.

Bella explained to each of them, clarifying that the woman in the photo wasn’t her, and said the studio would soon release evidence. Only then were her concerned friends somewhat reassured.

"Sigh." Bella sighed, just about to put down her phone, when it vibrated again.

Seeing it was Aunt Rhodes calling, Bella ignored it and went to the bathroom to freshen up.

After getting ready, she also ordered breakfast from the hotel, and then went to get her phone on the bedside, only to see two missed calls from Aunt Rhodes.

Bella knew she couldn’t blame Aunt Rhodes for this, but she really didn’t want to get involved with her current family matters.

Just as she was about to put down the phone, it vibrated again.

She thought it might be Aunt Rhodes again, but it turned out to be Grandpa.

Could it be that Grandpa, who probably doesn’t use the internet, saw those photos and decided to call her?

Bella answered the call, a bit puzzled, "Hello, Grandpa."

"Oh dear! Young Acker, have you come back yet? Why does my body hurt here and there?" Grandpa’s voice came from the other end, groaning and moaning as he spoke.

"Grandpa, what’s wrong? Did you bump into something?" Bella immediately asked in concern, considering he was in his seventies or eighties and without anyone to look after him, he wouldn’t even have the ability to go to the hospital if something really happened.

"I... I went out to buy breakfast this morning, didn’t walk properly, and fell down the stairs. Now everything hurts. Oh, Young Acker, am I broken? Am I going to die? I’m just a lonely old man, how pitiful I am. Oh dear." Grandpa continued to whimper on the phone.

The bodyguards nearby, hearing him speak like that, all turned their heads, thinking how Grandpa was really... such a good actor.

Bella, on the other end of the phone, had no idea Grandpa was playing it up, and hearing him in such pain, she felt a bit anxious. "Grandpa, why didn’t you go to the hospital if you fell? Where’s your grandson? Call him to take you to the hospital."

"I... I don’t have that grandson!" Grandpa retorted petulantly, "Even if I die from the pain, I don’t want him to see me off!"

"Having a spat?" Bella tried to console him, "Grandpa, having a quarrel is a small matter. Now that you’ve fallen, you might be injured somewhere without realizing it. Delaying might make it worse. You should call your grandson to take you to the hospital."

"Oh, he went on a business trip. How would he care about this old man’s life or death? Why am I so pitiful? I might as well die sooner. Oh dear, the pain is killing me." On the other end, Grandpa shouted and screamed, as if he was deeply agitated.

Bella felt a bit troubled.

She’s currently in the public spotlight, and showing up might mean getting cornered by reporters asking all sorts of questions. But hearing Grandpa’s desperate cries after falling down the stairs, she couldn’t just ignore it without feeling guilty.

Bella weighed her options, feeling that a human life was more important.

"Grandpa, don’t worry, I returned to Creston last night. I’m coming over to you right now."