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CHAPTER 192
Sarah Milton stared at the blinking arrow on her laptop screen as though it were judging her. The room was quiet—too quiet for a mansion that once rang with laughter, arguments, footsteps and life. Now, all that existed was the low hum of the air conditioner and the sound of her own breathing, uneven and restrained. Harry Milton stood behind her, hands clasped behind his back, his posture rigid. A man who once commanded boardrooms and crushed opponents without hesitation now looked uncertain almost fragile. “Don’t write yet,” Harry said finally, breaking the silence. Sarah’s fingers froze above the keyboard. “I haven’t.” “I know.” He exhaled slowly. “I just… every word matters.” She leaned back in her chair and looked up at him, her eyes glossy but sharp. “He’s our son, Harry. Not a hostile takeover.” His jaw tightened at the word son. Steven, a name that carried both pride and guilt in equal measure. “Yes,” Harry said quietly. “Which is exactly why we can’t afford to do th
CHAPTER 191
No one in the entire Milton's household knew the truth. They didn’t know that Jackson had been the reason Steven disappeared earlier. They didn’t know the depth of the damage, the blood beneath the silence, or the storm that had almost taken Steven’s life. Most of all, they didn’t know that Diana had already walked away from Jackson. Since everything looked normal. And Jackson intended to keep it that way. Later that evening, Jackson left to his house as he sat alone in his study, it was though the weight of the walls were pressing in on him. The silence wasn’t peaceful; it was accusatory. Every tick of the clock sounded like a reminder of how much control he had lost. His name which was once untouchable was now stained. His secrets were slipping through his fingers, and he knew it. His peaceful family was being torn apart by what he thought he had gotten away with. Leo’s voice which cooed in the house, was no more and it was driving him crazy each minute. W
CHAPTER 190
By the time they reached home, the night had fully surrendered to dawn, but neither Jackson nor his parents were asleep. He was guided into his room, and they left him there, still repeating the words that haunted them all; ‘I didn’t do it… I didn’t… I didn’t do it…’ Sarah and Harry finally returned to the living room. They sat in silence for what felt like hours, the weight of the unknown pressing down on them. Every scenario they could imagine was worse than the last. “Tomorrow…” Sarah whispered, more to herself than to Harry. “Tomorrow, we’ll find out. We have to.” Harry Milton nodded slowly, eyes unfocused, staring at nothing in particular. “Tomorrow,” he echoed, though his mind raced in every direction, trying to prepare for whatever awaited them, “He will answer to me, how could he be so useless. Getting drunk when that is the reason why Steven was in jail for his carelessness and now, he goes out there to disgrace me yet again?” “Harry, stop okay? Our son is lying t
CHAPTER 189
The night was heavy, humid, and quiet, save for the low hum of the city. Jackson’s car roared past the traffic lights, his vision blurred, hands trembling over the steering wheel. He was drunk, far beyond just a buzz, he could barely think straight, yet some irrational energy propelled him forward. He pressed harder on the accelerator, trying to outrun the weight of his own thoughts. The red and blue lights appeared behind him suddenly, flashing and stabbing at his eyes. Sirens screamed through the silence, and Jackson’s stomach dropped. “No… no, no, no…” he muttered, his words slurring. “They can’t… I didn’t do it… I didn’t do it…” He had just passed the traffic lights in full speed, now he was being chased but a guilty conscience often puts its owner in even more danger and that just might be the case of Jackson Milton tonight. He slammed the brakes slightly as he neared the next junction but then panicked. The car instead of stopping, he stomped the pedal down
CHAPTER 188
Jackson didn’t slow down until the city swallowed him whole. Streetlights blurred past his windshield, one after another, like accusations he refused to read. He barely remembered the drive—only the pressure in his chest, the tightening that made each breath feel borrowed. Dianna’s voice replayed itself mercilessly in his head. ‘I can’t’ Those words were simply just final. He took the first turn that didn’t feel familiar, pulled into the first place that looked dim enough to mind its business, and stepped out of the car without hesitation. The bar smelled of old wood, spilled alcohol, and quiet desperation. The kind of place where stories came to rot and he was a regular whenever things go bad at work, or he has issues with board members, if he doesn't go to his secret casino, he comes to this particular bar to blow off some steam. He sat at the counter. The bartender glanced up, assessing him in a second. “What’ll it be?” “Whiskey… neat.” The glass hit the c
CHAPTER 187
The door closed behind Jackson Milton with a sound too soft to be forgiveness and too final to be ignored. It was not the slam of a defeated man, It was the click of someone walking away because there was nothing left to fight with, he was hurt beyond imagining and that was worse than being defeated. This was his greatest fear in life losing Dianna but now, this was what was about to happen and he dreads it more than death itself and he wasn't going to give up. For a moment after, the mansion held its breath. The air felt as though Jackson's presence had left behind a residue, something sour and sharp that refused to dissipate. Even the lights seemed harsher now. Dianna remained standing in the center of the room, transfixed.. Her spine was straight, her chin lifted but the strength was artificial, the posture of someone who had learned long ago how to look composed while quietly unraveling. Finn watched her with the helpless restraint of a man who had fought many w
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