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.

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 the cops and had him taken away." Vivienne listened intently to Kaitlyn's account, her brow furrowed

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

incident, I heard her family was so ashamed that

"Havenwood?"

that name in ages. She paused for a moment before reassuringly smiling, "Don't worry.

for a family in Havenwood, daughter named Cassidy, moved there five years ago from Rivenwood,

texted Draven, [Dig into the bribery case involving

the most impulsive decision she had made years ago, which turned

simply patting Kaitlyn's hand to

indecency are another, especially after so much time has passed. Any surveillance from the old office would be long gone. Are there any witnesses who can vouch for

her word for it. Julian wasn't jailed, but he was detained for weeks. During that time, Sadie, Tyler, and

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

brat? Without Julian's financial support, he wouldn't have been able to afford his education. Yet, he

a foul mood,

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,

in disgust at the thought, sparing another 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 was out of Julian

hesitated, "I'm sorry, Ms. Abernathy. We can't use

you can't? Aren't they accused of murder? A little pressure during interrogation is nothing new. Are you saying you've never done that before?" The

that's not beyond your capabilities?" The two old geezers looked like a strong breeze could knock them over, let alone the chill of an air conditioner combined

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

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