The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 259

Chapter 259 The Price They Owed

Eddie stared at Abraham in disbelief. “If he’s still alive… then why hasn’t he come back to find Marie after all these years?”

Abraham said nothing.

For a moment, a dark shadow flickered through his eyes

In the room upstairs-

The call Stella answered was from an unfamiliar number. It was Susan again, having borrowed yet another phone to reach

her.

God knew how many phones the Reed family had borrowed by now, since their own numbers had already been blocked. Over the line, Susan’s hysterical shrieks filled Stella’s ears. “That’s your real brother! How could you be so heartless!” “Stella, is your heart made of stone? How could you be so cold? You destroyed your own brother’s hands–you–your”

Susan’s anger almost made her faint again.

The moment the call connected, she went insane, bombarding Stella with endless accusations.

Stella’s eyes narrowed. “How would you know if my heart is made of stone? You never tried warming it.”

People said that a heart like stone could never be warmed.

But her heart- The Reed family had never even tried.

They hadn’t warmed it-

“You” Susan choked

they had only shown her, from beginning to end, that blood ties could be colder than anything

Jonathan knows very well why he

screamed,

overseas,” Stella continued calmly, he

Susan, you

Susan’s breathing stuttered.

“What are you saying?”

I was paranoid. But deep down, you knew

cover for him.

Her voice was light.

the words

in a sharp, audible breath on the other

“You… you actually knew?”

caught the

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“Honestly, it’s no surprise. If you’re willing to defend an adopted daughter like Lilian that blindly. why wouldn’t you do even more for your

was just… confused. I

successfully kidnapped that day, what would’ve

made Stella’s

a great excuse — you scolded him. What was

more than once. Stella said coldly. “Did you ‘scold‘

grew more and more

“And when I called the police… you used your influence to shut down the investigation, didn’t

phone line went

Dead silent.

to speak up for him? Save the hands that should’ve

hands should’ve been broken

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