Chapter 47 The Video That Proves It All

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And yet, when Helen said without hesitation that she’d trade her away to save Boone, it still cut deep.

As a child, she’d been treated like an animal by her adoptive family–worked like a mule, beaten for no reason, never a moment’s peace.

She used to watch other kids be coddled and adored by their parents and feel an aching envy in her little heart.

So when she found out she wasn’t really their child, she held onto hope. She fought through countless hardships to find the Rivers family, believing that what waited for her was a warm embrace, a home that was truly her own.

But reality had been a ruthless blade that shredded every last one of those illusions.

Sloane stood frozen in place, the air around her suddenly bitter and cold.

Truth was, from the moment they tricked her into that mental institution five years ago, she had stopped expecting anything from the Rivers family. Maybe this pain she still felt now… maybe it came from that tiny sliver of hope her younger self had still clung to.

She let out a sharp breath. Thankfully, she still had her master. She wasn’t completely alone.

Come to think of it, it had been over five years since she last saw her. She wondered if her master had been eating well these past few years.

She’d been so foolish–actually fell for the Rivers family’s lies and got herself locked up. Sloane felt she’d failed her master’s teachings and had avoided reaching out because of the shame. She’d clawed her way out of that asylum by herself, and

didn’t even know how to

now,

any word about her master in a

to budge, Marshall had no choice but

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Video That Proves It

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Boone was taken away by the police, a video hit the internet. Netizens immediately connected it to the earlier exposé by “Detective Zero,” and soon his Twitter was flooded with

keep anyone waiting.

dropped surveillance footage, fully enhanced and crystal

yellow sports car sped down an empty street, blasting through a red light without slowing down–actually accelerating–and crashed straight into an electric scooter that had

did anyone get out of the car. Instead, the driver slammed on the gas and fled

a photo of Boone posing in front of

swept

hit someone and ran like a

Scum like this? He deserves

have

was a food delivery driver. Due to delayed treatment, he was left permanently disabled. He had a child battling cancer, desperately in need

him out of commission, his entire family was left

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