Shailene knew there was no turning back anymore. The cat was out of the bag this time. "Chloe is a pedophile!"
"W—What?!" Dorothea was too shocked to react. That accusation was so out of the blue that she couldn't even process what Shailene had just said.
"Y—You heard it right!" Shailene's voice started wavering, hesitating and scared that she might have made the worst mistake in her life. But she had to be convincing or else she'd lose her golden ticket to obtain Vernon back to her life.
"Do you know the young man's identity that Chloe has groomed ever since he was seven years old? I'm pretty sure you clearly know who that man is."
Dorothea still couldn't believe Shailene's words. But she still tried to find the identity of a man ten years younger than Chloe and who had been close to her ever since she was young.