Chapter 278

No one could say exactly when it started, but at some point, he had stopped calling her Ms. Linwood. Now, every time they spoke, he seemed to insist on drawing her close, making sure they faced each other directly.

"Mr. Foster, is there something you need?" Claire's voice was soft, with a faint tremble.

Sean's reply was deep and even, almost casual. "Brian's parents are here. They've brought Irene."

His tone made it sound like the most ordinary news, but Claire instantly felt a tension settle over the room, heavy and unyielding.

Her pupils constricted in shock.

The moment she had waited and hoped for-endured five years for-had finally arrived.

Though Jeffry had already uncovered the truth, Irene's presence meant

everything to Claire. Irene was the only one who could truly clear her name. Only Irene's testimony could finally, completely, lift the injustice that had haunted Claire for five long years.

Letting Sean's guiding hand lead her, Claire sat down beside him.

instruction to Grace. "Grace,

Karin had been waiting for what

about that night, the color had drained from their faces. Guilt and regret weighed so heavily on them that neither could bear to look Claire in the

an hour-while Claire had gotten up, washed, and eaten breakfast-this couple had stood outside

the elements, they were trying to punish themselves for their mistakes, to offer some small

that had gone pale as

to the figures

at her words, as

that instant, their legs felt like they'd turned to lead. It was all they

so sure of themselves, so eager to confront Claire, to shame her. And now, in the space of a day, everything had been

years ago, Claire had never harmed Irene. Yet what happened to Irene had become the start of Claire's nightmare, sending her to prison for

parents, their faces ashen with remorse. Her heart was heavy with

face this. We owe

forward, she led the way into the house, her parents trailing behind her like

the strength left their bodies. Their knees buckled, and

voice was hoarse and shaking, thick

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