Chapter 547

Thaddeus’s heart sank as he quickly turned to Evadne. “Evadne, I’ll handle this.”

After all, the rumors swirling about her were like a relentless tide, and the denigration showed no signs of abating. And here they were in a hospital, a sensitive place where a confrontation with the relatives of a witness could do her harm.

He could deal with this, shoulder the burden.

But he didn’t want his woman to face such ugliness. It would hurt him too much to see her in pain.

“Thad, i get it,” Evadne said, capturing his hand in hers and offering comfort with her calm demeanor. “But they want to see me, and if I hadn’t insisted on meeting with Beverly, we wouldn’t be in this mess. So I need to step up, apologize, and show sincerity. You know me, the word ‘retreat‘ isn’t in my vocabulary.”

“Coincidentally, it’s not in mine either.”

His gaze was deep and affectionate as he clasped her hand tightly. “So, I’m going with you.”

Although Beverly was tucked away in a private room with a high degree of security,

Jason still feared the relatives might cause a scene in the hospital, damaging the lady’s reputation, so he had them brought over posthaste.

Side by side, Evadne and Thaddeus stood in the corridor.

Beverly’s mother and the parents of another victim approached swiftly, and while Evadne kept her composure, her heart was in turmoil.

The trio halted before them.

Thaddeus’s eyes were a cold and alert, Jason too kept a vigilant watch, ready to intervene should they lash out at the lady.

Beverly’s mother, with cheeks stained by tears and eyes red with the ferocity of a lioness deprived of sleep, hadn’t spoken yet, but her face was a canvas of blame and anger directed at Evadne!

she

Please, you must save my daughter! I beg

thud, the other girl’s parents

and Thaddeus rushed to help them, but the parents were inconsolable, their bodies heavy with grief. If

my child, I won’t get up unless you agree!” The mother

present.

a sharp pain in her chest, her eyes moistening, “Please, stop crying, you’ll harm yourself. Stand

out.”

Mrs. Abernathy here, what’s that about?” Gordon, irate, confronted them with scorn. “Before this, I’ve been reaching out on behalf of Mrs. Abernathy and Mr. Abernathy, and how did

ready to throw you a lifeline, but you refused it,

enough!” Thad’s voice

call that a lifeline?”

daughter like this? You only wanted her to testify for you, to take down the thorn in your side! Did you ever

but he held back, recognizing the

Group has been watching you, keeping tabs on your every move. Do you want your daughter to live under such surveillance for the rest of her life?” Thaddeus’s brows

in danger!Her life was getting back on track, everything was improving and you, you’ve thrown it all into chaos again! Almost costing my daughter her life! You only care for your own

a sting in

with sharp retorts, but overwhelming guilt and

“You’re being naive.”

waist, his expression calm and composed as if he were a deity observing mortal strife, “The peace you’re experiencing now is because

bloodshot eyes

Do you think, with his vindictive nature, he’ll just leave your daughter alone? If the root of the problem isn’t removed, that’s when Ms. Higgins

right! Mrs. Higgins, please don’t

but his eyes brimmed with tears. His gaze was fraught with a helpless desperation. “Mr. Abernathy, Mrs. Abernathy! It’s not that we didn’t want to seek your help, but the folks from the Chambers Group have been breathing down our necks! They came around, threatening us, saying if we spoke out of turn, they had ways to make us disappear from Elmsworth without a trace. How were we supposed to stand up to such

so we’ve been living in

days, my daughter’s on the edge of a breakdown.

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