Chapter 1097

At Jason's words, Evadne's spine went rigid, her gaze turning dark and distant.

Jason, oblivious to the tension, kept talking. "If I were in his shoes, I'd have bribed the kidnappers myself-used them as a chance to get rid of that annoying little brother for good! That would've solved all his problems."

"Back then, Mr. Thaddeus was just the Abernathy family's unwanted bastard. If he'd died, not much would have come of it. The world would've just forgotten about him, given time."

The more Evadne thought about it, the more her heart raced. Her hand clenched around the car door handle.

Could it be true?

Was Chad really that calculating, even as a teenager?

She didn't want to dive headfirst into conspiracy theories, but two years ago, a similar doubt had crossed her mind.

How could a fifteen-year-old boy have rescued Thaddeus from the kidnappers' den? It was a feat not even most adults could pull off! For a kid, it sounded like pure fantasy.

And that kidnapper-Morgan-he was infamous, ruthless, a man with a reputation for blood on his hands. They called him "Morgan" on the streets, and he didn't think much of human life.

If Chad had managed to slip someone out from right under Morgan's nose, it wouldn't matter who you were not even Evadne herself would have made it back alive, let alone Chad returning safely to the Abernathy family.

thoughts, Evadne grabbed her phone and dialed

could even greet her, she blurted out, "Arnold, can you pull an

silence for ages, then she shows up with

can't just hand

tell me about it. That's not breaking the rules,

sighed, exasperated. "Which case are you

brothers.

you suddenly poking around in

it, okay? Tell me what

do you recall

think he was sentenced to life, but it started as a death sentence with reprieve. He behaved

twenty-five years. With time

narrowed her eyes, lost

at night, Hamilton lay in his hospital

sat at his grandfather's side, keeping

this time," Hamilton said, his gaze heavy with hope as it landed on Thaddeus's somber face. If you secure that contract, even if I'm gone... no one

low, his warm hand

talk like that. You'll live

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