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.

showed up–not

she chose to make everything public.

lived through it can understand how even the smallest hope

who

despair feels

“I’m sorry, Sierra.”

now. He apologized quickly. “That was

No One

wrong. We just

talking about it. Just

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he heard the alert, and the three of them gathered around the computer as Mateo quickly sorted the

as domestic cases go, so far, Sierra’s is the only one. But there are

pulled up the profiles while talking.

last year

year.

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

the drug isn’t widespread,”

a few people are

another possibility–they

all kinds of substances. just for fun, so when they got hit, they might

to

places abroad, recreational drugs were so common that nobody batted an

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

was whether they

see if I can get my hands

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

discussing the details over dinner. When it was over,

Johnathan got

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