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.

mortgage with Thomas was a trap from the

another bastard 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

Tiana with teary

pain, "It's not just you, even I know how much my uncle has suffered these past years. The ridicule he faced

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

years, blaming her, yet how

her father couldn't take

only a

Barclay, that vile

him... surely, he had deliberately let Thomas tell her father, provoking him,

to believe that her father, with his skills,

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

tears fiercely, she got up and stormed out

she went to the detention center, but the police still refused her

the police department's case file management and confidentiality system to

their father acted first in court. Right now, the Caldwell family was relentless, and with no access

Melford family's door

also not slept, hurried to the door and cautiously peeped

surprise and quickly opened the door,

"Hey, Celine! Where's Tiana?"

a sleek trench coat and pencil pants, stood there, dragging a small suitcase, looking

the small study room, "Tiana's in there, working on a piece of

stormed into the room, fuming with anger, her brows

voice, realizing she

her feet, she went to open