Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 284

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, open

waiting

had told them the truth about that night, the color had drained from their faces. Guilt and regret weighed so heavily

had gotten up, washed, and eaten breakfast-this couple had stood outside Foster Manor,

if, by standing there exposed to the elements, they were trying to punish themselves for their mistakes, to offer some

limp and lifeless against skin that

front door and called out to the figures waiting beyond the iron gate, "You can

at her words, as if the

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

Claire, to shame her. And now, in the space of a day, everything had

what happened to Irene had become the start of Claire's nightmare, sending her to prison for a crime she didn't commit and leaving her

her parents, their faces ashen

have to face this. We owe it to

the way into the house, her parents trailing behind

it was as if all the strength left their bodies. Their

so sorry." Jarrod's voice was hoarse

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