A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 886

After warning her, Bernard didn’t waste time beating around the bush with Donna. He cut to the chase I’m here for two things. If you play it straight with me, I won’t interfere with your brother’s plea for a reduced sentence. But if you play coy, III slap more charges on him, maybe enough to get him the death penalty.”

Donna’s brother had tried to drown him in a swimming pool when he was five, and Bernard was not about to let bygones be bygones. Now he could use her brother as leverage to squeeze the truth out of Donna, which was a fair deal in his books

Donna didn’t have much of a soft spot, but her little brother, who had always been at her beck and call was her Achilles heel. So she took the bait: “What do you want to know?”

Bernard asked coldly. “First off, did you start the fire that killed my father?”

Hearing that, Donna caught on quick: “So, you’ve figured out who your birth mother is?”

Donna a surprised look, then turned to

Donna had always treated him so harshly, she wasn’t his

all made sense why Bernard had come to visit Donna in prison right

Donna wasn’t his mother, then who was?

any beans about his mother to Eleanor; he just demanded, “Answer me, did

figured it out, why don’t you tell me, was it right or wrong for

cheated

of Eleanor, but he knew he couldn’t dodge the bullet. But it wasn’t fair that he had to pay for his

was it?

cared about being destroyed, hadn’t he paid his dues already? Then who would stand up for him? Seeing Bernard’s silence, Donna

blatant admission gave Bernard a new perspective on her “So you wanted to burn him alive because he asked for a divorce and you didn’t agree?”