A Healer’s Journey (Finnegan and Nuthana)

Chapter 42 The Scheme Of Tristan

At the entrance, Winston walked in with Wynter’s help, followed by Yahir and the others.

Meanwhile, Ximena’s face glowed with pride. Winston gracing her engagement banquet was the icing on the cake for what was probably the most glorious moment of her life.

“Stop, don’t move yet!” Xavier barked.

Carrying out his mother’s instructions, he came forward and grabbed Finnegan’s arm.

As an icy glint flashed across his eyes, Finnegan gave his arm a shake, unleashing a powerful yet unseen force. The sudden numbness in his hand forced Xavier to let go and caused him. to stagger backward.

He conséquently lost his balance when he bumped into a table right behind him.

Just as he was about to crash onto the ground, he reached out by reflex to grab something. Little did he expect it to be the corner of the tablecloth.

Not only did he fail to stabilize himself, but he also pulled down all the glassware and plates from the table.

The loud crash interrupted the joyous atmosphere of the occasion.

Amidst the sudden silence that ensued, everyone turned around to look.

As Raymond’s and his wife’s faces lost all color, Qahira’s lips quivered. “Oh, no!”

The moment Ximena saw that her brother was the cause of the commotion, her expression froze immediately with tears welling up in her eyes.

As for Finnegan, he continued to push Desmond forward as if he had nothing to do with it at

all.

The sight of Finnegan brought a glow to Winston’s and Wynter’s faces. Both of them didn’t seem surprised by the turn of events.

They had already investigated Finnegan’s background, and that was the reason they decided to attend the engagement banquet. Winston had wanted to leverage the engagement banquet of his grandnephew to improve his relationship with Finnegan.

“What’s your family doing?”

The sight of Finnegan and his family combined with Xavier’s embarrassing behavior caused Yahir to lose his temper before he had a chance to greet Winston. “Just as expected, all of you

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are a disgrace!”

explained, “Dad, there has to be some misunderstanding, as my brother would never act

Dad! You and Yosef

wife came forward. “Mr. Haimowitz, this is a misunderstanding. My son

cut by the broken glass shards, ignore the pain as he scrambled up to explain, “Mr. Haimowitz, it was an accident.” As a thought struck him, Xavier pointed at Finnegan. “I bumped into the

Xavier out of jealousy because we are becoming

engagement banquet on the account that you’re family. Why do you have to do this? Are you that

had no choice but to shift the blame onto

dream of ingratiating themselves with a prominent family would be shattered if either Yahir or Winston became upset with them.

Finnegan did it on

claim that there’s no reason

Qahira regretted inviting Finnegan and his family. All these wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t done so. Cr*p! I just

head slightly, Finnegan stared directly at Winston. “Old Mr. Haimowitz, I wonder if you’re interested in listening to a story

bellowed, “Kid, get out of here or I’ll-”

froze awkwardly, Winston maintained his respectful attitude when he returned his

deference Winston had shown Finnegan mostly escaped those present.

trouble, Qahira warned, “You had better watch

“There were once two brothers. The elder was thirty, yet didn’t have any accomplishments. The younger graduated from university

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calded the elder brother’s family’s financial situation to gradually improve. As time passed by, both families grew closer and would visit each other frequently. One day, the son of the

the elder brother’s family changed their attitude towards them. Instead of checking in on the younger brother who was suffering badly, the elder brother tried his best to avoid him. In spite of that, the younger brother and his wife didn’t mind the treatment. Even though they knew that his wife invited them to their daughter’s wedding just to show off, they still made

Desmond past Winston, the sorrow in Desmond’s eyes was

dare you

clear that Finnegan was talking about her family in

engagement.

bellowed, “You, b*stard! Why are you being so

that moment, Winston’s expression drastically changed as he gave Wynter an accusatory

only knew that Finnegan’s cousin sister was about to be engaged to Yosef and was

to discover the fact, hung her head in

put his foot down. “Shut up!”