The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 104

Lucy’s mind buzzed, her thoughts freezing for a moment. She suddenly recalled that when Larry escaped, she had indeed taken him in. Shocked, she turned to Celine. “Was it you?”

It was Celine who orchestrated Larry’s release through Leo. She had anticipated that Larry would run straight to the Tate family.

Celine met Lucy’s gaze with an innocent expression and a faint smile curling her lips. “I don’t understand what you’re accusing me of, Mom. You don’t owe me an explanation. Save it for the authorities.”

“How dare you!” Lucy’s voice cracked.

From the distance, Larty, how retrained by the police, let out a desperate cry. “I don’t want to go to jail! Mrs. Tate, save me! Please, save me!”

The crowd’s eyes shifted sharply to Lucy. The whispers started, spreading like wildfire. Her reputation as a good mother was completely ruined.

Lucy’s expression changed as she panicked. “Shut up! Make him stop!”

man go to prison ten years ago for

associate herself with someone who harmed her own daughter? What kind of mother

pick–me. First for Hayden, now for Carly.”

like a slap to the

the two

away.

in place. She panicked,

come to this? What was she supposed to do now? This press

Carly opened her mouth again to call out, but the judgmental eyes and

had just unfolded. That was when he noticed a pair of clear, beautiful eyes looking straight

It was Celine.

Benjamin. He hadn’t known what she had been

him.

baffled by