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.

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

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

the incident, I heard her family was so ashamed

"Havenwood?"

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 closed this

cell phone, "Check for a family in Havenwood,

bribery case involving Julian and Sadie.

gratitude for the most impulsive decision she had made years ago, which turned out to be the best one. Without Vivienne, she might

said nothing, simply patting Kaitlyn's

another, especially after so much time has passed. Any surveillance from

Once 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 weeks. During that time, Sadie, Tyler,

switched gears, "What about the bribery

that, Kaitlyn's tears momentarily ceased. Her eyes, clear and bright, were tinged with 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

precinct, Sophie was in a foul mood, roused

peacefully, and their clothes 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 the item

a venomous plot took root, "Give those two a taste of their own medicine." Lurking in the shadows, she was out of Julian

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

is nothing new. Are you saying you've never done that before?" The officers were in a bind. If not for

old geezers

and her group arrived at the precinct lobby, the head of the local Education Bureau was still comforting the girl's mother, who

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