Everyone present was shocked at Rylee’s confession and shot incredulous looks at her in unison.

How come she was reduced to buying fake branded stuff to counterfeit her assumed glossy Life?

She earned decent money as a popular singer, after all.

Was it that Rylee was both stingy and vain? This was not acceptable behavior from a star.

Rylee could feel everyone's unspoken judgment of her. She was so upset that she could not get another word out. Hot tears began to surface in her eyes.

“Everyone, don*t be so judgmental. From what I know, Rylee was born into an ordinary working-class family. Her parents were chronically ill and spent most of their money on medical care. Before Rylee started her career, her family was heavily in debt in order to cover substantial sums of medical expenses

She has sung for us for years and has received quite an encouraging response, but she is still not much of an A-list singer. So, although she has made enough money to pay off her debt and be able to afford a decent living, she didn't lavish money on herself.

As a public figure, it was important for her to dress well to please her fans. But Rylee has been frugal out of force of habit so she has been using cheap imitations instead of the original, expensive brands.”

The person who explained on behalf of Rylee was Sophie. Seeing the surprise in Rylee's eyes, she shrugged and smiled, "I'm a professional agent. I pay attention to potential artists in the circle. That's what I do."

Sophie continued seriously, “Everyone, it's totally excusable for Rylee to use fake brands. I hope you can understand and keep it a secret. I'm sure she will appreciate that. As for the culprit, Maria has offered a possible way to identify her so we could just wait for the police to deal with it."

"Oh, my God!"

Judy tried to swallow a few times, Looking surprised.

“I can swallow easily now. My throat has recovered!"

Elma's poison could only cause temporary loss of voice.

In addition, Judy had successfully expelled the toxins with the help of milk by vomiting. As a result, her voice recovered even sooner.

“Well... Now that Judy is feeling fine, our problem is solved. There is no need to go ahead with the investigation.”

Elma forced a laugh. "I don't think this was a poisoning incident at all. Maybe someone was being mischievous and did this as a prank. Ha-ha!"

ALL eyeballs turned to Elma. Something about her seemed strange. Francis glared at her with a straight face.

“I'm distinctly reminded of something," Francis said, his face turning serious.

"In the last few years, there have been several similar cases of singers getting poisoned. They all suffered temporary voice Loss before quickly recovering. It didn't cause any serious harm so the police did not conduct a thorough investigation

By some weird coincidence, you happened to be present every time, Elma. Hmm Besides, when I think back, I seem to remember that she benefited from all of these catastrophes and bagged the singing events."

Elma's face Looked Like she had sat on an upturned nail.

“Mr. Jackson! Please stop accusing me of something I did not do. Your arguments are baseless!"

She squealed hysterically, trying to defend herself.