Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 429

Chapter 429 Bail

After several attempts to reach Alisa, she finally informed me that something had happened at the company in Melgrove.

seemed.

I wasn't privy to the company's internal operations, and when I tried to ask a few acquaintances about it, they all clammed up. Alisa had likely instructed everyone not to share any details, leaving me in the dark. But the more they avoided the topic, the more serious it I knew Leonard wouldn't just let things go, yet I felt utterly helpless.

At this point, I was like a stranded fish gasping for air and waiting for the inevitable. A week passed in a state of anxiety without any contact from Leonard, but then Alisa's situation took a turn for the worse. The call from the police came after my chemotherapy session.

"This is the Holindale Police Department. Is this Ms. Eva, Alisa Green's cousin? Alisa is facing charges of assault. If you need to post bail, family members can come to pick her up." "Wait, what?"

I felt my head spin, the world around me fading momentarily. Alisa was facing charges of assault and needed to be bailed out?

officer repeated himself, and I finally

also at the police station but

Julian? Isn't her boyfriend

out and is still in the

words confused me even more.

At first, she didn't want me to go, but the urgency of Alisa's situation propelled me to

rely on my willpower to overcome my illness. On the plane, I drifted in and out of sleep, haunted by visions of Alisa's face. I recalled her saying she was my only family, promising to protect me no

head, steeling myself

in trouble! I think Jasper has returned. What do we do, Eva? The police say she might go to jail!" Her words were jumbled, and I quickly reassured

procedures, I finally saw Alisa. She hadn't been hurt but looked sullen, her expression cold. As soon as she saw me, she rushed over to support me. "What are you doing here?" "Didn't you say you had no other family?" I pushed her away gently,

she could respond, Julian's

"Lisa!"

appeared, his head bandaged, looking more like a man in distress than the stoic

at him. "Holy shit. Did someone