Chapter 845 If You are Innocent, What is There to Fear?

That shut everyone up. Alice and Maxwell could not get away from each other fast enough once they got their footing. Alice's thank you was cool and formal, like they were practically strangers. Maxwell was just as quick to step back, keeping to himself once the dust had settled. "Ugh, after all that sleazy stuff, they still act all prim and proper. Makes you sick, doesn't it?" Emily always seemed so kind, but she had a spine of steel. Upon dropping that bombshell, in the dead silence of the room, it was impossible to ignore. The guests, already hooked on the latest gossip, could not help but stare at Alice and Maxwell with wide eyes, as if they could unravel the secrets just by watching them closely. Alice's face went ghostly white. She turned to Emily, her eyes swimming with tears and hurt, "Ms. Emily, you can't just say anything you like. Aren’t you worried about God hearing you? The Youngs are barely finished with this crisis, and here you are, stomping all over me. What, you t