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.

from her building and took her life. Her parents think it's Julian's fault, so... so they called the cops and had him taken away." Vivienne listened intently

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

Cassidy. After the incident, I heard her family was

"Havenwood?"

hadn't heard that name in ages. She paused for a moment before reassuringly smiling, "Don't worry. What's done is done, and it's high time we

had already turned away, dialing on her cell phone, "Check for a family in Havenwood, daughter named Cassidy, moved there five years ago from Rivenwood, left because

ending the call, she texted Draven, [Dig into the bribery case involving

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

patting Kaitlyn's hand to comfort

after so much time has passed. Any surveillance from the old office

Cassidy pointed her finger at Julian, those people didn't even bother investigating. They just took her word for it. Julian wasn't jailed, but he was detained for

"What about the bribery case? Who

resentment as she clenched her teeth, "Who else but that ungrateful brat? Without Julian's financial support, he wouldn't have been able to afford his education. Yet, he was the one who accused Julian of bribery and unauthorized tutoring! And they believed him without considering that his family couldn't pay

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

were worth 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

behind bars before a venomous plot took root, "Give those two a taste of their own medicine." Lurking in the shadows, she was out of Julian and Sadie's

the officers, they hesitated, "I'm sorry, Ms. Abernathy.

is nothing new. Are you saying

two old geezers looked

her group arrived at the precinct lobby, the head of the local Education Bureau was still

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