Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

In the courtyard, Edith's face was as pale as sheet, watched over by two bodyguards.

Upon seeing Remington emerge, Edith immediately broke free from the bodyguards and rushed forward, dropping to her knees with a thud. She opened her mouth, hoping to plead for mercy, but Remington was concerned she might wake Lizetta, who was sleeping upstairs.

With a glance from him, the bodyguard covered Edith's mouth and dragged her away.

"Mmmph."

Tears and snot streamed down Edith's face as she was filled with regret and fear. She knew if she couldn't seize this opportunity to plead for herself, what awaited her would be severe punishment.

But Remington obviously didn't give her that chance. Edith watched helplessly as the man got into his car, which then sped away.

Despair filled Edith's eyes as the two bodyguards dragged her out of Oakridge Heights.

"Get lost, you traitor," one of the bodyguards sneered.

She got up from the ground, "Mr. Dashiell is really letting

cold laugh, "You better go home and see

wife and baby, and in fairness, Remington retaliated against Edith's

bribed to betray her employer and let Evelina into Oakridge Heights because her husband and son had fallen into gambling addiction, owing a large sum of gambling debts. This

had betrayed her boss; the home she tried to preserve would be probably gone. Having offended Remington, she could no longer make a living in Zion

understood this. As the bodyguards left, she swayed and sat

hour later, at Riverbend

with a grim face. Hanna, sitting on the couch with

her were two stoic bodyguards, both Ray's men. Highly

having brought her back from the hospital and watched over her closely, which had been driving

anger surged. She grabbed the ashtray

"Remington!"

stepped aside, and it crashed into a vase behind him, sending porcelain shards scattering across

exactly are you doing! I am your mother, Lizetta's mother-in-law. I just wanted her to have a simple amniocentesis test. What's the big deal? Why treat me like this, as if I'm some sort of criminal under