Chapter 430

He sidled up to Evelyn, his voice dropping to a hushed tone.

"This is where it ends, okay? Let's not stir things up any further. If Wesley dares to lay a finger on Aunt Margaret, I'm not letting him off the hook. I'll see to it that justice is served, alright?"

Charles was trying his best to calm Evelyn down, urging her not to get too caught

up in her stubborn ways.

Thanks to Charlie, Eve had a bone to pick with Dahlia.

She always seemed to jump to conclusions.

Evelyn's emotions, which she'd been trying so hard to keep in check, unraveled with Charles' words.

She shot Charles a fiery glare, her eyes ablaze with anger. "Just zip it!"

Brooks wrapped a comforting arm around the trembling Evelyn, feeling her distress deep in his heart.

Charles noticed Brooks' large hand resting on Evelyn's shoulder, and his face darkened even more.

That's when Dahlia showed up.

With a female officer's assistance, she'd managed to scrub off the grime, but a night of mental torment had left her looking drained.

In just one night, it seemed as if she'd lost a noticeable amount of weight.

Charles, she called out to him, her voice tinged with grievance,

him, her whole body leaning into

out to steady

chest. "Charles, I'm worried about Sandy. Can you take me back to

through the wringer all

down and quietly

"Dahlia can't leave!"

Evelyn's anger flared up. She shouted, trying to block her way. "Officer, Dahlia's

"Eve!"

wearing thin, and he turned to Evelyn, looking

it? The case has been investigated, and Wesley's confessed.

to let it

the cops to

dealing with the aftermath. Do you know what she

shake the image of Dahlia's pitiful state

had been

Bet

right questions last night,

more insistent and in isn't have been

mess for no

Dahlia's done, this little bit

her

nothing. Everything she went

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