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Chapter 147
William stood frozen in the doorway, his hand still resting on the frame, his back to his mother.He did not turn around.He did not respond immediately.The silence stretched out, heavy and tense, and then his father's voice joined his mother's."You should not be doing that," his father said firmly, his tone carrying the weight of parental authority and concern. "Is that what you are actually planning to do? No, no, no. You should not. You absolutely should not. We should follow the right channel, go through the proper legal process. We should not go and start causing problems for ourselves. Do you understand?"He paused, his voice becoming more urgent."These people are powerful, William," he continued. "Veronica's husband is very, very wealthy. They have connections, resources, influence. I know that going through the legal system is going to be a very long and tedious process, I know the stress and the frustration are going to be overwhelming, but we should not go looking for pro
Chapter 146
Every head in the room turned sharply toward the doorway.The voice had come suddenly, cutting through the heavy silence like a knife, and when they looked, they saw William standing there.He was breathing hard, his chest rising and falling rapidly, his face flushed, his clothes slightly disheveled.From the look of him, it was clear that he had been running.That he had sprinted here, driven by urgency and fear, without stopping to catch his breath or compose himself.William's mother stared at him in shock."William," she said quickly, her voice rising with concern and confusion. "What the hell are you doing here? Who told you? We did not send you a message. We did not want to worry you until we knew more. How did you find out?"William did not answer immediately.He stood there in the doorway, his jaw tight, his hands clenched into fists at his sides, his eyes fixed on his sister lying in the hospital bed, wrapped from head to toe in bandages.And then he spoke, his voice low and
Chapter 145
William's sister lay in the hospital bed, her body wrapped in layers of bandages, her mind struggling to make sense of what had happened, to understand where she was and how she had gotten there."Where am I?" she whispered again, her voice weak and trembling. "What is going on? I cannot move my body."And then she heard a voice.A familiar voice, filled with relief and emotion."Oh, my sweet little angel," the voice said, breaking slightly with tears. "You are awake. Thank goodness. Thank goodness you are awake. I was not actually expecting you to wake up this quickly. Thank goodness."William's sister managed to turn her head slightly, the movement painful and restricted by the bandages, and when she did, she saw her mother standing beside the bed.Her mother's face was streaked with tears, her eyes red and swollen from crying, her expression a mixture of relief and anguish.And behind her, standing quietly, was her father.He looked just as worried, just as broken, his face drawn a
Chapter 144
William's sister lay on the floor, her body broken and battered, blood seeping from the wounds that covered her back, her face, her arms.She could not move anymore.She was so weak, so utterly drained of strength, that even the act of breathing felt like a monumental effort.She could not lift her hands.She could not speak.She could only lie there, trembling, her vision blurred by tears and pain, her mind struggling to hold onto consciousness.Jefferson stood over her, the whip still in his hand, and he stared down at her with an expression that was cold, detached, as if what he had just done was nothing more than a routine task."If you want to pretend that you are dead," he said, his voice calm and almost conversational, "go ahead. Even if you are actually dead, I will just carry your body and dump it somewhere else, and that will be the end of you. But I know you are not going to die. Because this is just a message. This is just a message to your brother."He paused, letting the
Chapter 143
William's sister sat frozen in her chair for a moment, her mind struggling to process what was happening, to make sense of the sudden shift from a quiet afternoon of reading to something that felt dangerous and wrong.The locked door.The drawn blinds.The worker who had simply walked out without saying another word.And Jefferson standing there, smiling, watching her with an expression that made her stomach twist with fear."What the hell is going on?" she said, her voice rising slightly, carrying an edge of defiance even as uncertainty crept into her tone. "What are you trying to do? Why did you lock the door? Why did you send everyone away? What do you think you are doing?"Her voice was still confident on the surface, the voice of someone who refuses to show weakness even when they are afraid.But underneath, there was a tremor.A slight shake that betrayed the fear she was trying to suppress.She did not get a chance to say anything more.Jefferson moved suddenly, his hand shooti
Chapter 142
William's sister had been deep in her reading, her focus entirely on the pages in front of her, when the sharp knock on the desk jolted her back to awareness.She looked up, startled, and when she saw who was standing there, her expression shifted from surprise to guarded wariness.Jefferson.She recognized him immediately.The son of one of her brother's political rivals, someone she had seen before but had never had any reason to interact with directly.And now he was here, standing over her table, smiling in a way that made her deeply uncomfortable.She straightened in her chair, her posture stiffening, and her voice came out calm but firm."I do not understand what you are trying to do here," she said. "I have not had any trouble with you. I have been minding my own business. I have been on my own. So why are you here? Why are you bothering me?"She paused, her eyes narrowing slightly as a realization hit her."And from the look of things," she continued, "you have been following
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