Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 260

Bree placed her utensils down and looked at me. "Yes. Your father

was even ready to sign the contract. The same contract I found in

my dad's notebook.

"And he didn't get to sign it because of the accident?" I asked with a shaky voice.

She nodded. At that moment, I could feel my anxiety surging. Then, Bree sighed.

"That contract was the first one your father and Zack had when they started their business."

What? Zack had a copy of that contract? Things weren't as I thought.

"Your father and Zack were so

working with Arthur Griffins from Alpha Corporation that they did everything he asked. They went fishing, raced cars, and he even asked them to skydive with him," Bree said, shaking her head. "Arthur had an underworld background

wanted his support, they risked their lives playing his

to the sea for fishing and encountered a hurricane. Only two life jackets were on the boat, and your father and Zack wanted to sacrifice their life jackets for each other. "Since then, Arthur no longer gave them a hard time and agreed to assign them the contract. Since your father knew the ins and outs of contracts more than Zack did, Zack told your father to review the contract "Your father did eventually detect faults in the contract. As such, Arthur had someone draft a new contract and told them to

car crash on

in excruciating detail,

visualize myself with them.

the truth. It wasn't the version I dreaded,

seen Zack and Bree as my

memories. "At that time, the four of us had a deal. Your father and Zack would

and your mother even secretly planned to welcome them with hugs and flowers as soon as they signed

that was why my mom was with my dad on his way to sign the

resented myself for

car accident to steal that

a couple who treated me like their

Bree,"

apologize. If Zack and your father hadn't started the business, your parents wouldn't have left."