Chapter 88

“Excuse me, are you Mr. Henry Lester’s family? Hailey asked quietly

The voice on the other end sounded surprised to hear a young girl. He paused for a moment before replying. “Yes”

“His wife passed away, and he’s unconsious at the hospital. If you’re his family, would you be able to come by Hailey explained

The man was polite, replying, “Thanks for letting me know. Send me the address, and I’ll be there soon”

After hanging up, Hailey sighed, and Owen gave her a reassuring pat on the head. Don’t stress. I’ll be fine

Still, Hailey couldn’t shake the feeling in her gut. She didn’t really know what it was, but something felt off.

Owen left Richard in charge and took Hailey to grab a bite at a restaurant nearby. While they ate. Owen called Penelope

“You’re talking about Henry? Penelope sighed. “I know him. He was close with your parents back in the day. Even after they passed. he’d still come visit me. Used to carry you around when you were little. Life’s been tough on him.”

“What happened to him?” Owen asked.

younger, ran away, and never went back. He’s been on

Penelope went on, “Well, he had a fallout with his family when he was younger, ran a his own ever since. That’s about all I know.”

Owen nodded and hung up. Henry spent the week in the hospital and ended up ringing in the New Year there.

Hailey had been running around like crazy this year. The Brown family from the countryside had sent her tons of food.

She hadn’t been home in over six months, so she planned to visit her family after New Year.

That evening, Owen asked Hailey out on a date. The city was buzzing, and Hallon City was even more lively than usual.

as soon as he picked her up, Ivan called, asking them to meet at a

seemed a little annoyed, but Hailey didn’t mind and agreed.

forget

she didn’t pick up, probably busy, so Hailey shot her a quick WhatsApp message and hopped in the car with

was Christopher, She picked

away.

about to hang up when suddenly she heard a

heavy crashing to the ground. Then came the unmistakable screech of

Poor little brother, I really feel sorry for you. Why not

who it was Randolph. Christopher’s older brother,

Turned out, he was still

Chapter 88

Owen asked, noticing the shift in Hailey cexpression

in trouble. We need to go she replied, sounding urgent. Cheen didn’t ask any more questions and just nodded, ready to help

widened. She quickly grabbed Owen’t phone and called the emergency

rough. His face

him. Randolph stood, wearing black sportswear, holding

Randolph crouched down, running his fingers arross Christopher’s fæer. Then, he

the mask from

handsome face now had a deep scar running down

his eyes full of contempt. “You still think you’ve got

bad state, feeling like all his last bit

him like this.

voice rang out from the doorway. “Who the hell are you? What’s going on here?” Her face was

jerk. “Oh, looks like my

muscles straining as he yelled at Eliza,

for a second, eyes locked on the blood–soaked baseball bat in Randolph’s hand. She

snatched the phone right out of her hands and smashed it

Eliza screamed, falling to the ground

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