Chapter 286 Uncertain Fate

Fear and regret ravaged his mind. He suddenly felt faint.

Sam was still with him when he finally recovered his composure. He feigned some semblance of calmness and declared, “No, we just have to wait a little longer. I’ll talk to her again!”

He would not let her leave him. Never!

Fate had different designs than his, however. Before he had recupared enough to talk to Deirdre, the police came to him and informed him that she had backed down.

She had finally agreed to settle this privately.

Brendan was elated. The police had come to ask him if she “had shown homicidal intent”, and naturally, Brendan denied it. He expressed no intent to pursue a criminal charge against her either, and so the case. was settled.

He could not wait to get out of bed as soon as the police left. Alarmed, Sam rushed to stop him. “Mr. Brighthall, sir, stay back! We can’t let your injury break open again!”

Brendan was just too fitful. His emotions were in chaos. Gripping Sam’s hand tightly, he ordered, “Escort her back from the station!”

Then,

seemed to have dug her heels and decided to die on that hill- would finally agree to settle this privately? It did not take Brendan long to begin thinking and wondering if Deirdre had finally come to understand his

If this were true…

thing that had ever happened to

and filled with black spots. However, sleep evaded him, so he waited

he received a call from

voice was low. Forebodingly

Bring her to the

gone, sir. After the police freed her, she went into a car and left.”

was boiling out of panic. “But she has no friends or family! She cannot

ride and left as soon as she

for all.

Was that it?!

hard. The pain in his abdomen worsened, reminding him of

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