Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 907

going down as a murderer..."

Brenda's fingernails dug into her palm until they drew blood, ignoring Matthew's horrified warning glances. With a cold, bitter laugh, she looked up at Tiana and said deliberately, "Your dad's situation? Begging us won't help, Ms. Melford. We can't do anything about it. He's Brenda's voice dropped to a whisper, "My husband's sister is the grand dame of the Doonan family."

Tiana paused, as if she didn't understand, then slowly, her eyes widened in shock.

Brenda smirked through her pain, "Got it now? The Caldwell family's got a big backer, and that's the Doonan family. If you're so capable, go find the Doonan family."

Tiana was thunderstruck. The grand dame of the Doonan family... wasn't that Barclay's mother? She knew that Barclay and Parker were half-siblings.

It hit her like a lightning strike.

This whole situation was tied to the Doonan family, to Barclay's mom, which meant...

Her teeth clenched tightly, and she let out a cold shiver.

After going round and round... it turned out her family, the Melford family, had been played.

Barclay, you scoundrel, what did I ever do to you?

Tiana left Matthew's hospital room in a daze, with Frank trailing behind her. She turned and struck him hard with her elbow, "Didn't Thomas ever tell you he was close with Barclay?" "No... he never told me anything."

"You blockhead! My dad got dragged into this mess because of you. Thomas targeted you first to get to my dad! Why didn't you check the Caldwell Estate's backing, the Doonan family, when you were dealing with the mortgage?!" Frank was clueless, "Sis, it's not my fault. I had no idea!

But what you just said, it all makes sense. You're way smarter than me, and your analysis is spot on.

in the mortgage with Thomas was

child in Emperor City, and calling you the most disgusting slut in Banyan City... My uncle just lost it. He couldn't believe it and asked Thomas where he

looked at Tiana with

how much my uncle has suffered these past years. The ridicule he faced for

face. She dug her nails into the cold wall, "Dad... I'm so sorry, I've let you

the past three years, blaming her, yet how could he not love and

pain, realizing her father couldn't take Thomas's insults anymore. He had reacted and

only a few in Emperor City

that vile

tell her father, provoking him, ultimately forcing him to strike first, leading to

believe that her father, with

death might have another explanation. If this was all Barclay's doing, there was definitely more to

fiercely, she got up and stormed out of the

went to the detention center, but

effort, hacked into the police department's case file management and confidentiality system to retrieve the complete footage of Thomas's office surveillance. Frank had heard

to explaining why their father acted first in court. Right now, the Caldwell family was relentless, and with no access to Thomas's body, everything was stacked against their father. She spent the entire night in the

dawn approached, the Melford family's

slept, hurried to

and quickly opened

"Hey, Celine! Where's Tiana?"

coat and pencil pants, stood there, dragging

to the small study room, "Tiana's in there,

Whitney stormed into the room, fuming with anger, her brows furrowed in

flinched at the sound of her voice, realizing she had completely forgotten to inform

her feet, she went