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 a trap from

mean to kill anyone! Thomas provoked him. I vaguely heard Thomas insulting you, saying you got knocked up with another bastard child in Emperor City, and calling you

Tiana with teary

suffered these past years. The ridicule he faced for your situation, it's been a

agony as she half-bent over, covering her tear-streaked face. She dug her nails into the

had been unstable over the past three years, blaming her, yet how could he not love

her father couldn't take Thomas's insults anymore. He

news of her pregnancy, only a few

Barclay, that

deliberately let Thomas tell her father, provoking him, ultimately

refused to believe that her father, with his skills, could have accidentally killed

was all Barclay's doing, there was definitely more to

up and stormed out

again, she went to the detention center, but

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

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 Melford family's

who had also not slept, hurried to the door

in surprise and quickly opened

"Hey, Celine! Where's Tiana?"

pencil pants, stood there, dragging a small

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

the room, fuming with anger, her

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

to her feet, she went