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...

silence, absorbing every word, before finally speaking up, "What's the girl's name? Is she still

I heard her family

"Havenwood?"

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

"Check for a family in Havenwood, daughter named Cassidy, moved there five years ago from Rivenwood, left because of a scandal

call, she texted Draven, [Dig into the bribery case involving Julian and Sadie. I

impulsive decision she had made years ago, which turned out to be the best

simply patting

of indecency are another, especially after so much time has passed. Any surveillance from the old office would

shook her head, "No. 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,

and switched gears, "What about the bribery case? Who

support, he wouldn't have been able to afford his education. Yet, he was the one

local precinct, Sophie was in a foul mood, roused

couldn't sleep peacefully, and their clothes were worth less than a mere fraction of her blouse. But before

glance at the couple behind bars before a venomous plot took root, "Give those

motioned to the officers, they hesitated, "I'm sorry, Ms. Abernathy. We can't use excessive force

little pressure during interrogation is nothing new. Are you saying you've never done that before?"

old geezers looked like a strong breeze could knock them over, let alone the chill of an air conditioner combined with the relentless assault of pesky mosquitoes. They were

the head of the local Education Bureau was still comforting

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