A Healer’s Journey

Chapter 42 The Scheme Of Tristan

At the entrance, Winston walked in with Wynter’s help, followed by Yahir and the others.

Meanwhile, Ximena’s face glowed with pride. Winston gracing her engagement banquet was the icing on the cake for what was probably the most glorious moment of her life.

“Stop, don’t move yet!” Xavier barked.

Carrying out his mother’s instructions, he came forward and grabbed Finnegan’s arm.

As an icy glint flashed across his eyes, Finnegan gave his arm a shake, unleashing a powerful yet unseen force. The sudden numbness in his hand forced Xavier to let go and caused him. to stagger backward.

He conséquently lost his balance when he bumped into a table right behind him.

Just as he was about to crash onto the ground, he reached out by reflex to grab something. Little did he expect it to be the corner of the tablecloth.

Not only did he fail to stabilize himself, but he also pulled down all the gla*sware and plates from the table.

The loud crash interrupted the joyous atmosphere of the occasion.

Amidst the sudden silence that ensued, everyone turned around to look.

As Raymond’s and his wife’s faces lost all color, Qahira’s l*ps quivered. “Oh, no!”

The moment Ximena saw that her brother was the cause of the commotion, her expression froze immediately with tears welling up in her eyes.

As for Finnegan, he continued to push Desmond forward as if he had nothing to do with it at

all.

The sight of Finnegan brought a glow to Winston’s and Wynter’s faces. Both of them didn’t seem surprised by the turn of events.

They had already investigated Finnegan’s background, and that was the reason they decided to attend the engagement banquet. Winston had wanted to leverage the engagement banquet of his grandnephew to improve his relationship with Finnegan.

“What’s your family doing?”

combined with Xavier’s embarra*sing behavior caused Yahir to lose his temper before he had a chance to greet Winston. “Just as expected, all of you

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are a disgrace!”

frantically explained, “Dad, there has to be some misunderstanding,

You and

of the situation, Raymond and his wife came forward. “Mr. Haimowitz, this is

it was an accident.” As a thought struck him, Xavier pointed at Finnegan. “I bumped into the table because I was

Finnegan pushed Xavier out of jealousy

that you’re family. Why do you have to do this? Are

turn of events, they had no choice but to shift the blame

be shattered if either Yahir or Winston became

that Finnegan did it on purpose, so she

would he claim that there’s no reason for the

and his family. All these wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t done so. Cr*p! I just want to flaunt the wealthy lifestyle that is awaiting

head slightly, Finnegan stared directly at Winston. “Old Mr. Haimowitz, I wonder if you’re interested in

“Kid, get out of

maintained his respectful attitude when he returned his attention to Finnegan.

shown

into trouble, Qahira warned, “You had

were once two brothers. The elder was thirty, yet didn’t have any accomplishments. The younger graduated from university and

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pa*sed by, both families grew closer and would visit each other frequently. One day, the son of the younger brother offended someone by accident, causing his family to lose everything

just to show off, they still made the effort to attend. However, the elder brother’s wife was worried that their appearance would upset her future in-laws, so they then tried to kick the younger brother’s family out. Well, Old Mr. Haimowitz, it’s time for me to leave now that I’m done with my story. I hope you enjoy the banquet!”

Finnegan pushed Desmond past Winston, the sorrow

“Finnegan, how dare you spew lies!”

was talking about her family in public, jeopardizing her

engagement.

“You, b*stard! Why are you being

changed as he gave Wynter an accusatory glance.

about to be engaged to Yosef and was oblivious to the