Chapter 1094

"No matter what he's done, as long as he carries the Abernathy bloodline, you'll do everything you can to protect him."

Evadne's words were measured and precise, each one cutting straight to the heart of the matter. "But the truth is, even you think his actions were reprehensible. You're angry, you're afraid, and you don't dare expose him. You've been suffocating under the weight of these feelings for years, torn apart inside.

But I believe you still have kindness in you. If you didn't, you wouldn't have braved a snowstorm-sick as you were to visit the grave of that girl."

Suddenly, it all made sense to her.

No wonder Grandfather had always acted so cautiously around Chad, his nerves stretched tight as piano wires.

With a secret that terrible festering inside him, how could his attitude toward his eldest grandson be anything but careful, conflicted?

clenched his

Evadne pressed on, refusing to back down. "Grandfather, if you won't tell me the truth, I'll have no choice but to go to the victim's family and ask them

torment that poor

shining with unshed tears. "The girl's name was Nora Jones. While I lived at the Windermere Estate, she was the maid who looked after me. Her death... it was connected to Chad,

Evadne's brow furrowed deeply.

revered, she couldn't simply

shell of himself if he'd gone to prison at that age, it would have destroyed

up Nora's death-made it look


of cold dread washed

it all under the rug, but did you ever think about the grief f her family would carry forever? Chad is the Abernathy heir, the apple of your eye-but wasn't Nora her parents' precious daughter, too? Do you truly believe some lives

broke with

do you realize what you've done? This is a crime. You covered it

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