A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

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Chapter 1411

“Back in the day, the Hardy clan had fallen on hard times, deep in debt and having made more than a few enemies. It was common knowledge that there were plenty looking to settle scores with the Hardys, but every single one of them was thwarted by Yates‘

intervention.

With Yates‘ protection, no soul dared to hurt the Hardys; not even the darkest shadows could get close to Pauline.

That was until Yates was strong–armed by his father into marrying Samantha. Pauline, feeling betrayed, left, giving Gregory the chance. he’d been waiting for to exact his revenge.

Leading his band of thugs, Gregory slaughtered Pauline’s entire family. Then, in a heinous act, he had his goons take turns raping Pauline, who had just given birth.

The brutality was extreme; as my father told it, Pauline was left more than just physically broken–it was a cruel, cruel deed, and she died with her eyes open in defiance.

At that time, Gregory didn’t have the clout to cross Yates, so after the deed was done, he framed it to look like the work of some other Hardy enemy.

started putting together the pieces. It was after many years that, inspired by the Siren Organization, he founded Ace, spreading his network

twisted web of betrayal between Pauline, Timothy, and Yates, Mr. Penrod looked up at the

was Yates himself, the master manipulator. Gregory was just playing hitman for Samantha. Perhaps Samantha saw an opportunity to rid herself of a

of controlled rage, almost as if he blamed Mr.

Penrod felt compelled to explain, “I didn’t tell you all this before because, well, my aunt

Samantha’s manipulation. There’s also the matter of the internal strife within Darkness,

originally founded by Gregory, was now under the control of Xavier Penrod.

other Darkness members had gone,

one piece I can’t

it, Bernard

but smirk coldly before

saved Gregory, who, out of gratitude, made him his second–in–command. My father didn’t need these dark forces, given his own family’s status. But the Penrod siblings were fiercely fighting over their inheritance, so

power struggle erupted between my father and Gregory. My father, wanting to take the reins, began to plot Gregory’s downfall. But the loyalty was to Gregory and his son Victor Howard. So, my father resorted to injecting Gregory’s IV with a lethal dose. Victor caught him in the act. My father

and killed instead… So my father took the opportunity to eliminate all

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