The lost heiress never forgiven

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.

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

on her arms were from one such incident–a deep wound that required

from the hospital, she

had thought the girl was transferred to another facility, but then she saw her in those videos, in a terrible state, possibly driven

ruthlessly. The video showed her alive at

to her.

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 you into reacting, they’d let her go. So, she suggested she be bullied

look of disappointment,

eyes gradually

car, but Shane’s mood didn’t improve. Sierra was the most stubborn person he’d encountered; no method he tried could quench

just increasingly disagreeable. Perhaps, he mused, it

thought of Dickson–an

for Sierra’s grandmother and Jonathan, the former wouldn’t need his intervention; the old lady wouldn’t last much longer. He was curious to see if she could pull

Shane frowned. Ever since he noticed someone investigating Sierra’s three years in prison, he had

but didn’t care much, as geniuses were a dime a

him.

to uncover Jonathan’s background was a red flag, signaling that he was no ordinary