The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 757

Kaitlyn knew all too well that things couldn't be that simple; there must have been someone fanning the flames behind the scenes.

But by then, the Littletons had fallen from grace. Those who once flocked around her family with flattering words were nowhere to be found after her parents' untimely deaths. To seek their help now would be nothing short of a pipe dream.

Yet the persecution from the ancient warrior lineages did not cease.

Tears streamed down Kaitlyn's cheeks as she struggled to catch her breath, coughing twice. "My father-in-law, Julian, ever since someone accused him of taking bribes... It's been one thing after another. Private tutoring, disciplining students too harshly. And now... they're accusing him of... of indecency with a student."

Julian had once been a celebrated teacher at Rivenwood High, but now his reputation was in tatters.

His wife, Sadie, couldn't continue with her job either, taken in for questioning by the school board time and again. Only after the school let them go did the tumult finally begin to subside.

say... the girl who accused Julian... she jumped from her building and took her life. Her parents think it's Julian's fault, so... so they called

silence, absorbing every word, before finally speaking up, "What's the girl's

is Cassidy. After the incident, I heard her family was so ashamed that they moved to

"Havenwood?"

before reassuringly smiling, "Don't worry. What's done is done, and it's high time we closed

but aware of the difficulty ahead, Kaitlyn started to protest, but Vivienne had already turned away, dialing on her cell phone, "Check for a family in Havenwood, daughter named

bribery case involving Julian and Sadie. I want

this really work?" Kaitlyn watched her, at a loss for words, her heart swelling with gratitude for the most impulsive decision she had made years ago, which turned out to be the best one. Without Vivienne, she might have already crumbled under the pressure from

said nothing, simply patting Kaitlyn's

thing; allegations of indecency are another, especially after so much time has passed. Any surveillance from the old office would be long gone.

They just took her word for it. Julian wasn't jailed, but he was detained for weeks. During that

"What about

wouldn't have been able to afford his education. Yet, he was the one who accused Julian of bribery

the local precinct, Sophie was in a foul mood, roused from her bed in the dead

less than a mere fraction of her blouse. But before leaving the Abernathy estate, Madeline had given her instructions: no matter what, they needed to retrieve the item from Kaitlyn. They had to

contemptuous glance at the couple behind bars before a venomous plot took root, "Give those two a taste of their own medicine." Lurking in the shadows, she

"I'm sorry, Ms. Abernathy. We can't use excessive force on

saying you've never done that before?" The officers were in a bind. If not for Sophie's influential status, they'd

and let in some mosquitoes. Surely, that's not beyond your capabilities?" The two old

local Education Bureau was still comforting the girl's mother, who had not left

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