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The woman pushed herself shakily to her feet as she pointed once more at Wilfreda. Her voice trembled, but her words carried enough force to cut through every other sound in the restaurant.“Don’t you dare defend her!” she shouted, her tone cracking under the weight of emotion. “I know that face! I’ll never forget it as long as I live. That girl—” she jabbed her finger again, eyes wild with certainty “—that girl stood there the night Marco died! She was there with that young man who took the blame for her. He was arrested while she walked away free!”A wave of murmurs swept through the restaurant, rising like a tide. Guests turned in their seats. Waiters froze mid-motion, uncertain whether to intervene. The gentle hum of jazz music still played, absurdly calm against the tension that now hung like static in the air.Wilfreda stood rooted to the spot, her pulse hammering in her ears. For a fleeting moment, she thought she might pass out. Her fingers trembled as she reached for the edge
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The restaurant buzzed softly with the hum of midday conversation, the faint clinking of glasses, the murmur of voices blending with the low jazz playing from the ceiling speakers. It was one of those high-end establishments where the waiters moved with the grace of dancers and every meal looked like a work of art.Gary sat opposite Courtney in a secluded booth near the window, the soft afternoon light glancing across his face. He looked unusually relaxed for the first time in days. The chaos of the estate, Brenda’s probing questions, the pressure of managing Stannis Holdings — all of it felt distant here.Courtney smiled at him, a flicker of hesitation behind her eyes before she finally spoke. “Gary, can I ask you something… without you taking it the wrong way?”Gary tilted his head slightly, setting down his drink. “You can ask me anything. What’s up?”She exhaled, nervously playing with the edge of her napkin. “I don’t know if I’m imagining things, but… I get this feeling your aunt
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Brenda stepped out of the police station, putting on her dark goggles as she tired to hide her face from the sun. It was her usual signature when she wanted to act like the baddie that she knew how best to be.She knew exactly what she was doing, and she knew how manipulation can be the perfect arsenal to unwind people's convictions, and she could tell that it would not be any different even for Harry.For a moment, she didn’t look back. Her expression was unreadable, her sharp eyes fixed straight ahead as she exited the secluded compound and walked briskly toward her car parked in the shadows beyond the gates.Sliding into the driver’s seat of her sleek black Maserati, Brenda exhaled deeply. For the first time in hours, the mask of composure she wore began to crack. For a long moment she just sat there, her fingers drumming on the steering wheel, her mind spinning. The meeting with Harry had gone as she expected — confusion, anger, denial — but there had been a flicker in his eyes b
Chapter 201
The air in Harry’s cell was cold and dry, the faint hum of the overhead lights the only sound that kept him company. He sat on the edge of his cot, elbows resting on his knees, his mind still spinning with everything that had happened in the past seventy-two hours.Sleep hadn’t come—not once. The moment he closed his eyes, flashes of memory clawed at him: Wilfreda’s trembling voice before she left, the police sirens, the hollow clang of the cell door closing behind him.He barely noticed the footsteps at first. But then came the clatter of a key turning, the grind of the door’s latch, and a low, gruff voice cutting through the silence.“Styles,” one of the wardens called, his tone as curt as ever. “You’ve got a visitor.”Harry’s head jerked up. His brows furrowed in confusion. “A visitor?” he repeated, his voice hoarse from hours of silence. “Who?” he asked.He knew it couldn't be Chance and Chloe, especially not after the way he had spoken to them while they came visiting the previo
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Chance rose slowly from his seat, his breathing uneven, the storm in his chest finally reaching its breaking point. For a long time, no one moved—no one dared to. Helsin’s confession, the sheer weight of history she’d just unearthed, seemed to hang thick in the air like smoke after an explosion.Chloe’s pulse raced as she watched him. He wasn’t angry anymore—at least not the same kind of anger that had burned through him earlier. The rage had faded, leaving something else behind. Something raw, quiet, and impossibly heavy.When he finally lifted his gaze, his expression softened—not with disbelief, but with an ache that seemed to stretch generations deep.“Wilfreda…” he murmured.Wilfreda flinched as though hearing her name had been a sentence. Her hands trembled at her sides, her tearful eyes locked on him. For a moment, neither of them spoke. Then Chance took a step forward, and another, his footsteps slow, deliberate, echoing in the tense silence.Wilfreda’s heart hammered agains
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Chloe gasped softly, a hand covering her mouth. Chance, however, sat frozen, his mind reeling as the truth settled in like lead.Helsin’s words came out broken, remorse dripping from each syllable. “I woke up the next morning and hated myself. I watched him leave, after he realized what I had done with him.""And Julia?" Chloe asked."She was mad after she found out, and that was the end of the our friendship." Helsin replied, took a brief pause and then continued. "As for Steven, he went ahead to marry Julia, built a life with her, and I kept my silence. Until Wilfreda was born. Until the truth started clawing its way back up.”She finally looked up at Chance, her tear-streaked face raw with guilt. “I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. I didn’t plan to ruin lives. I just wanted… to feel seen.”Chance’s hands curled into fists at his sides, but he said nothing. His chest rose and fell unevenly, the storm inside him impossible to contain.Wilfreda, who had been standing by the doo
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