Chapter 588:

Across the table, Shawn’s face darkened with anger. He slammed his fork down onto his plate with a loud clang. “Has Kristopher gone completely insane? How can he defend such a murderer?”

Shawn turned to the butler with urgency. “Contact the police chief immediately. Form a special task force to investigate—” Before he could finish, Billie suddenly stood up, rushed to his side, and dropped to her knees with a resounding thud. Grabbing his hand tightly, she pleaded tearfully, “Shawn, please. Please don’t do this. I’m begging you—spare Lise!”

Her unexpected outburst stunned everyone in the room. Shawn stared at her, bewildered.

Melany looked at Billie as if she were seeing a stranger. “Billie, what… What are you saying?”

Billie’s tear-streaked face twisted in anguish. “Lise’s heart… it’s Lisa’s! I’ve already lost Lisa once. I can’t lose her again.” Her voice broke as she sobbed uncontrollably, unable to say anything more.

deepened, his eyes darting from Billie to

it, but I don’t know all the details. Lise’s

support. Her voice trembled as she cried, “What kind of cursed fate is this?

never harming anyone. How could something so

to the painful days

of his son Roberto’s reckless decisions—a failure that

helped Billie, now a tearful wreck, back to her

settle, a thought seemed to strike her. She stumbled toward Carrie once more and dropped to her knees. “Carrie, please,” she begged desperately, her voice hoarse. “I’m begging you to show mercy to

with pain. “Billie, what about my child?” she asked, her voice trembling. “I’m a mother too—a mother who lost her child. Did anyone care about

momentarily silenced. But then, in a desperate attempt to defend Lise, she blurted out, “You weren’t even a month pregnant. That was just a cluster of cells. How can it compare to

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