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

Brian blindly defending Vanessa, she'd had a sinking feeling that this day

fate, saved Claire's life, Cole Corporation would've already ended up like Linwood

parents and brother were only able to come home unharmed because

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

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

hurt Claire deserved no

borrow your

confused.

in Irene's eyes. "To the prison. Everyone else knows the truth now,

who helped frame Claire and send her to jail, I won't let Ethan go on living without

she gripped the wheels of her

Cresthaven Psychiatric Hospital.

thrashed wildly, screaming at the top of her lungs. "I'm

took two orderlies all their strength to pin her down while a third tightly strapped her to the

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

the words

heiress of Jones Group-everyone in

she became

But now?

Her father was dead.