Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 304

The only sound left in the living room was Brian's heartbroken sobs.

Watching their son fall apart, Jarrod and Karin felt a deep ache themselves. But what could they possibly do now?

They, too, had wronged Claire. They didn't even have the courage to face her, let alone the right to ask for forgiveness.

The fact that Claire hadn't retaliated against them was already a tremendous mercy.

Jarrod steeled himself and snapped, "Stop crying. You don't deserve to shed tears. We're going home-now."

He yanked Brian up from where he'd collapsed on the floor, dragging him toward the door.

Karin followed, pushing Irene's wheelchair.

Irene glanced up at the staircase, a silent prayer flickering in her mind: Claire, I hope you find happiness.

Outside, Brian refused to budge. He stood at the foot of the house, begging for Claire's forgiveness. He pleaded and pleaded, but Jarrod, furious, lost all patience and slapped Brian twice across the face. Only then did he manage to haul his son away.

When they finally returned to the Cole family home, Jarrod was hit with more bad news: Cole Corporation was on the brink of bankruptcy, crushed under Foster & Co.'s relentless pressure.

They'd barely avoided total collapse, but the company's present state was hardly any better than ruin.

Jarrod, Karin, and Brian all fell silent. The air was heavy with defeat.

a cold laugh. "This is called

see Brian blindly defending Vanessa,

hadn't, by a twist of fate, saved Claire's life, Cole Corporation would've already

only able to come home unharmed because

anyone who learned the ugly secret they'd hidden would've made the

Irene discovered Vanessa's true face, hadn't she been just like Brian- hurting Claire again and again,

Claire deserved

your driver?"

at her, confused. "Where are

eyes. "To the prison. Everyone else knows the truth now,

and send her to jail, I

of her chair

Cresthaven Psychiatric Hospital.

thrashed wildly, screaming at the top of her

pin her down

face. Her voice trembled as she shouted, "What are you doing to me? Do you know

through her sentence, the words caught

she was the heiress

she became Mrs.

But now?

Her father was dead.