Chapter 497

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“Mom, please don’t scare me.” His voice trembled. “Mom, get up. I won’t look for revenge; I will come with you. We can get away from here.” But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t lift her.

“This bag has the money I saved for you. Take it, find a place where no one knows you, and live well. Please promise never to come back here,” Evelyn urged him. “You can’t fight the Warren family; I can’t stand to see you perish.”

Even in her last moments, Evelyn pleaded with her son to run away. Ethan knelt in the alley, holding Evelyn’s body, staring into her wide–open eyes until her very last breath.

In a moment of madness, he declared, “Don’t worry, Mom, I will face them. I will make sure to avenge you.”

At the entrance of the alley, Quinlee watched from her car, her heart racing as she saw Ethan holding Evelyn’s body. His face was filled with despair and rage, and a few fake tears fell from her eyes.

them, a smirk of satisfaction appeared on her

She acknowledged her secret role in getting Ethan released early and eased

too scared to seek revenge, but now it seemed her fears were unfounded. Feeling

identity. She planned to use Ethan’s anger to destroy the happiness of everyone else, considering it the Owens family’s compensation for having mistakenly brought her home

ago.

rushing out from a black sedan, Quinlee felt a twinge of fear. She honked the horn

the night’s events. “Mr. Warren, Evelyn has been confirmed dead. Ethan has escaped capture, but we have provided evidence to the police showing that he accidentally killed his own

against the car door, Alex chain–smoked cigarettes,

him, talk to him, or even hear his voice. She was determined to erase him from her life forever. The

woke to find a message from Alex: [Evelyn passed

Ellie looked at Aaron. “How do you

at four ten

She hadn’t expected that even after releasing Ethan, Alex wouldn’t stop. Her thoughts raced throughout the morning. After lunch,

in a meeting, Barry called urgently, “Mr. Warren, Ms.

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