Chapter 855

When Pax spoke, his voice had a calmness that belied the chill his words sent through the room. Marian was the first to react, her voice urgent, "No way, Pax! You can't gamble with your life like that!"

Isaac chimed in, his face a mask of concern. "Exactly! What if your mom doesn't notice or decides not to show up?"

Pax's response was unwavering, "Then I'll truly jump off that rooftop. I'm her son; I refuse to believe she'd just do nothing if I died."

His words were like ice water, shocking everyone to the core. Marian rushed over, clinging to Pax, desperation in her voice. "Pax, what are you thinking? You can't let those thoughts take hold."

Pax's voice softened to nearly a whisper, "I have to atone for her sins and settle her debts."

cried freely. But then Connor spoke up, breaking the tension. "Even if you jump, she won't come,

air for a moment. "But I know someone who, if they were destroyed, would bring her out

Connor. "There's a grave in the backyard of our estate,

some boasting hills and streams. Claire's backyard was massive, featuring a hill covered in thick bamboo forests. Hidden within

about it. Even

aback, "Connor, how do you

steady, "How I know isn't what matters. What matters is that the person buried there was the

every media outlet in town. In an hour, we meet at the hill behind the Sartori estate. We're going live

everyone trusted

the hill behind the Sartori estate buzzed with media presence. Cameras fixed on a grave nestled in the bamboo thicket, its headstone

rampant speculation, given its

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