Not One, But Two!

Chapter 217

"H-How can this be?"

Valerie was at a loss for words.

At first, she had been fond of Abigail and had only protested her relationship with Greg because of her connection to Hitman Island, though the protest had been rather vicious.

Valerie knew that even if Abigail were willing to forgive her, there would still be some lingering resentment that she could not wash away quite so easily.

"When did you find out about this?"

"Not long ago."

Valerie's eyes were fixed on Greg, fearing that he might be lying, but her heart sank as she looked into his unflinching eyes.

"I thought there wasn't nothing the Night Assassino couldn't do? Why couldn't they find anything on her before this?"

"What about you, Mom? Were you able to ascertain Abigail's actual situation? You adamantly believed that she was the kind of person Troy said she was, and by doing so, you insulted her to the highest degree! What would you have done if you were in her shoes and someone treated you or your son like that?"

Greg's rebuke silenced Valerie.

If it had been her in Abigail's position, she would have destroyed the person's family.

People often did to others what they would not bear to have done to them.

At that moment, Valerie realized that she had made a grave mistake, and the accusatory look in Greg's eyes further solidified this.

"Greg, why don't you plead my case for me?"

"You need to clean up your own mess."

Greg did not mince words at all.

"I'm your mother! How can you treat me like this?"

"She's the woman I want to marry, but you still treated her as you did! When you made the decision to go to such extreme lengths, did you ever consider my feelings?"

Valerie had no way to defend herself against Greg's retorts. In the end, she lowered her head and said in a small voice, "When have I ever not considered your feelings? Didn't I ask them to keep you away so that you wouldn't have to be present?"

Greg nearly choked in anger.

"Should I be thanking you then? Mom, a mistake is a mistake. Don't think you can just brush it off simply because you're an elder. I can put up with you and forgive you because you're my mother and dedicated your life to raising me, but Abigail doesn't need to put up with you. If she hadn't fallen in love with me, would she have had to go through everything you'd done to her? You should know by now that Abigail went easy on you even though you did such horrible things. Otherwise, with how strong and influential Shadow is, do you think that our Buckley Family would still be able to retain our grasp over Harrion?"

Greg's words were harsh and to the point.

Valerie had not been treated like this for decades, and to make matters worse, it was her son who was talking to her like that. It felt like his words had slapped her across the face, yet she still could not refute anything being said.

"At my age, I…"

"Why didn't you think about your age when you did all those things?"

Greg threw down those words and turned to leave.

Valerie slumped onto the couch like a deflated balloon.

not stand to see her this way, so she

Madam Buckley like that? She was just acting

say anything else about this. Abigail did nothing wrong in this. You all are the ones who pushed her too far. Yet despite the harm

side. He saw the way her arm

once who did

he had been in her shoes, he probably would have been screaming bloody murder over the

they had been a little extreme, but asking Valerie

Dr. Kain on Old Madam Buckley's behalf, and

"What do you think?"

Greg's eyes flashed dangerously.

not know what to say, so she could only watch as Greg took

if this would cause an estrangement between Valerie and Greg, but Greg's intentions were clear. But, first, they

beginning to beat herself up over this. Would the situation be a lot better now

she had left her. Finally, Valerie said weakly, "Do you think Dr. Kain would forgive me if I went and apologized to

you really plan on

was stunned by

anyone, even after taking up the responsibility of raising Greg and building up the Buckley Family after her

reasonable to apologize after making one. So what if

was dumbstruck

Abigail? Was it just because Abigail was the founder

Shadow is really like. It could just be people parroting what others have heard, but the most important thing is still Hitman Island. Who do you think will win if Dr. Kain goes up against Hitman Island? Hitman Island trains assassins, but they also trained many people for various crime syndicates worldwide, so the network between them is pretty complicated.

little at

She had a point.

Valerie had already fallen out with Abigail, so things would not be the same even if they eventually made up again. However, Lisa was right about how

it some time.

Old Madam Buckley. You should consider

Lisa retreated.

leaving Valerie's house, Greg made

there feeding the

food that it doesn't die. So,

once

Mr. Buckley?

You

shooting out lasers which freaked Benjamin out enough that he stepped back

"Got it."

courage to

a simple question, but he nearly brought calamity onto himself. It seemed like he had to

gaze and commanded, "Pack

"On a job?"

don't ask so many questions. That's the number one rule of an

was in a bad mood, which was why he was lashing out at

the other hand, he was afraid that

It felt as

Absolutely.

had to move this

Hitman Island's network and

longer existed? Greg doubted that the so-called network would come knocking on his door to try

it was still what he