The Lost Heiress 351

hapter 351 No One Came

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Sierra had been in a somber mood, but Mateo’s rambling had her laughing despite herself.

Seeing her smile, Mateo added, “Sierra, you’re gonna run into more guys like that in the future. The second and third generations? They play way dirtier.”

He didn’t know how else to put it. Sierra was just… too clean. She couldn’t stand filth.

But some stains couldn’t be scrubbed away.

Every family had a few rotten ones.

Sierra looked at him. “You think the way I handled Trev was wrong?”

“Of course not!”

Mateo shook his head quickly. “He bullied you. You fought back. He had it coming.”

“I just meant…”

He fumbled for the right words, and Sierra finished them for him. “Don’t be so cynical? Don’t be so self–righteous?”

“Something like that.”

He’d noticed it back in Maviston–Sierra had a strong sense of justice. If she didn’t, Kason would’ve been dealt with long ago.

“I’m not trying to be righteous. I just keep thinking about myself.”

Sierra lowered her gaze. “Back when I was in prison, when people were hurting me, I kept wishing someone would help. Someone who’d speak up and expose what they were doing.”

But no one did.

a single person showed up–not

make everything public. Someone

lived through it can understand how even the

to get it. People who haven’t been

despair feels

“I’m sorry, Sierra.”

now. He apologized quickly. “That was

No One

just come at it

to keep talking about it. Just then,

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out when he heard the alert, and the three of them gathered around the

far, Sierra’s is the only one.

profiles while talking. “Look,

last year

year.

of them were from a few years ago. The most recent one was

the drug isn’t widespread,” Sierra

something a few people are

course, there’s also another possibility–they just

Some people used all kinds of substances. just for fun, so when they got

to believe that second

abroad, recreational drugs were

the first patient’s data–dated five years back. Not

really cared about was whether they were

I can get my hands

overseas cases, that meant the substance existed out there, Johnathan had spent years

the details over dinner. When it was over,

after, Johnathan got

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