The Lost Heiress 115

Chapter 115 The Cost of Caring

Shane’s moods were unpredictable, swinging wildly without warning. Just then, Sierra heard Shane mention Jonathan.

“I thought you might align with that poor Mr. Yeager, Oh wait, he might not be poor.”

Clearly. Jonathan’s background was no minor detail if even Shane couldn’t dig up his family history.

Hearing Jonathan’s name made Sierra instantly on guard, “This has nothing to do with Mr. Yeager.”

Shane’s smirk straightened into a line, then curled up again, “So, you’ve quickly found someone new to protect?”

He raised his left hand, bending his fingers one by one. “Your grandma, Jonathan, oh, and that boy who almost got played to death. Haven’t you learned anything in three years inside? The more you care, the more you lose in the end. Haven’t I taught you that? Why can’t you understand?”

Shane’s words dragged Sierra back into painful memories.

Back then, she was targeted by everyone, alone and isolated. When a new inmate arrived–always a prime target for bullying

-Sierra saw her former self in them. She couldn’t help but reach out, which only made her a bigger target.

were times she wanted to give up, but seeing that young girl stripped and mistreated, she couldn’t

from one such incident–a deep wound that

she was released from the hospital, she never

she saw her in those videos, in a terrible state,

ruthlessly. The video showed her alive at the end, but no

to her.

thinking about that girl, Shane’s gaze slid over Sierra’s scarred arm and he spoke slowly, “Did you know? They found inmate 00065 and told her if she could provoke

see–a look of disappointment, regret, even tears, but she refused to give

she maintained her composure, Shane’s eyes gradually grew

stubborn person he’d encountered; no method he tried could

was just increasingly disagreeable. Perhaps, he mused, it was time to target someone

of Dickson–an easy target, rootless and insignificant, someone whose disappearance would go

the old lady wouldn’t last much longer. He was curious to see if she could pull off her

three years in

reputation but didn’t care much, as geniuses

him.

flag, signaling that he was

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