Chapter 282

She scrubbed furiously at the tears streaming down her face and pushed herself to her feet, wanting to help the Coles.

But the moment she stood, a searing pain ripped through her chest. Her vision blurred, the room spun, and before she could steady herself, her knees buckled and she collapsed toward the floor.

"Claire !"

Aberdeen, Grace, and May cried out in alarm.

The three elderly women, already trembling with rage and red-eyed after hearing Irene's account, rushed forward to catch her. But Sean reached her first, gathering Claire's limp body into his arms.

She looked up at him, but her vision was so clouded with tears, the harder she tried to focus, the more her tears fell.

Even her voice sounded foreign and hoarse as she choked out, "Mr. Foster..."

"I'm here," he replied, steady and close.

"My heart... it hurts so much."

one landed like a hammer blow right on

time Claire had ever

drank herself into the hospital. Not when Jeffry uncovered all those painful secrets.

you want to do, I'll stand by you-no questions asked. You

the dam broke again; new tears spilled

the first time, she didn't

in the warmth and safety of his chest, whispering over and

weren't for Mr. Foster, she honestly didn't know how she would have gone on. Maybe, before the truth ever came to light, the Linwoods would

sobs filled the living room, echoing

tears welled in

They'd already tried to take their revenge. But looking

a long time before

sounded from outside

Vanessa's father. I've come to compensate

and confined to a wheelchair, pushed forward

had come from selling off

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