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.

let out a cold laugh. "This is

she'd woken up to see Brian blindly defending Vanessa, she'd had a sinking feeling that this day would

life, Cole Corporation would've

only able to come home unharmed because Claire, for Irene's sake, had shown them

ugly secret they'd hidden would've made the same choice she

Vanessa's true face, hadn't she been just like Brian- hurting

hurt Claire deserved no

can I borrow your driver?"

her, confused. "Where are

prison. Everyone else knows the

I won't let Ethan go on living

of her chair and rolled herself resolutely out

Cresthaven Psychiatric Hospital.

thrashed wildly, screaming at the top of her lungs. "I'm not sick!

took two orderlies all their strength to pin her down while

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

through her sentence, the words caught

was the heiress of Jones Group-everyone

she became

But now?

Her father was dead.