Chapter 379: This is the end

Lady Matilda’s voice carried through the grand hall, firm though tinged with weariness.

"With this, every official document in the Santiagos’ name is hereby revoked, as well as every position handled in the Santiagos’ name and group."

The silence that followed was suffocating. At the end of her speech, she turned away from the podium.

Her hands clasped behind her, her back slightly hunched, she walked with the heaviness of someone bearing the weight of decades.

Her steps were steady, but every stride whispered of pain and finality.

They had been family for long, but rather than destroy the Santiagos’ family’s peace, tradition, name, and belief, she better maintain this decision.

This moment pulled her back to the day she severed Nora’s ties with the Andersons.

She had cried and mourned, begged her daughter to reconsider, but Nora had turned a deaf ear.

Lady Matilda had been forced to wield the blade of family law then, as she was now.

Some decisions were unavoidable. Painful. But for the sake of the family, necessary.

Her shoulders sagged beneath the weight of it all.She had felt pain, she had felt hurt, but then it was for the better. Her shoulders sagged.

Pausing, she whispered with a sigh, "Donald, announce this decision at the banquet hall. Inform Davis the ladies have been relieved of the Santiagos’ name."

Donald frowned, his voice low and uncertain. "But Mother, what if he takes up the matter for prosecution?"

Her gaze softened for a moment before it hardened again. "If he does... let it be. They committed a crime, and they must pay the price."

"But..."

"But.."

Her raised hand silenced him mid-protest. "There is no but. It is decided. They are no longer Santiagos. Their life and death are no longer ours to worry about."

Her voice faltered briefly, betraying a flicker of sorrow. "I must rest. Davis is not unreasonable."

She left quietly, her figure retreating into the dim corridor, leaving Donald rooted to the spot, his heart sinking like a stone.

The remaining members of the family slipped away one after the other, each weighed down by shock and grief.

None could deny the evidence: the recording, the video, the poolside confrontation.

Yet the verdict still sat

was not in

creating a business atmosphere for the guests as they

loss of not receiving the invitation to

time they would meet the criteria

table, Davis sat with a glass of wine. He twirled the crimson liquid slowly, the dim light casting ripples

face was unreadable...blank,

him felt heavy, suffocating, as

other finger tapped on the table in steady rhythm. Ethan, seated opposite him, had his heart in his throat. A suffocating

rhythm of the finger. No doubt Davis was barely holding up

break the silence, but it

Ethan was at his wits’ end, the sound of the music dimmed, drawing the attention of the guests as

the table paused as he lifted his gaze towards

music dimmed, and all attention shifted

beneath the spotlight, his composure outwardly calm, though his eyes

they locked with Davis’s gaze, his breath caught. Just as his

he took a deep breath...just as the old lady expected, there’s no doubt Davis was

and spoke, his voice

had to witness such a sad occurrence this evening.

continue. "Also, we are using this medium to express a very crucial decision just made by the

the guests

this be related to the incident

any other

it is

while their eyes remained on the stage, waiting for Donald to

and Bernice cease to be Santiagos’ family members. This decision was

business arrangement and engagement in their name

erupted with murmurings, their gaze drifting

regret every inconvenience this might cause you all." He bowed deeply before stepping away from

resting on his lips.

are close by,"

and request for Bernice and Cassandra. They attempted murdering my wife in a

the other end

otherwise I might have lost not

breath, "I will soon be

ended the call and exited the hall with

Before long, the blaring of

chief nodded at him in greeting as he made his way towards the hall, followed by a few of his

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