A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1411

“Back in the day, the Hardy clan had fallen on hard times, deep in debt and having made more than a few enemies. It was common knowledge that there were plenty looking to settle scores with the Hardys, but every single one of them was thwarted by Yates‘

intervention.

With Yates‘ protection, no soul dared to hurt the Hardys; not even the darkest shadows could get close to Pauline.

That was until Yates was strong–armed by his father into marrying Samantha. Pauline, feeling betrayed, left, giving Gregory the chance. he’d been waiting for to exact his revenge.

Leading his band of thugs, Gregory slaughtered Pauline’s entire family. Then, in a heinous act, he had his goons take turns raping Pauline, who had just given birth.

The brutality was extreme; as my father told it, Pauline was left more than just physically broken–it was a cruel, cruel deed, and she died with her eyes open in defiance.

At that time, Gregory didn’t have the clout to cross Yates, so after the deed was done, he framed it to look like the work of some other Hardy enemy.

Yates spent years searching for the truth, and it wasn’t until the Siren Organization emerged that he started putting together the pieces. It was after many years that, inspired by the Siren Organization, he founded Ace, spreading his network to hunt down members of the Siren Organization…”

Pauline, Timothy, and Yates, Mr. Penrod

Perhaps Samantha saw an opportunity to rid herself of a problem with Yates planning to divorce her after their agreement

as if he blamed Mr. Penrod for not revealing these secrets

icy demeanor, Mr. Penrod felt compelled to explain, “I didn’t tell you all this before because, well, my aunt had a hand in it. It’s a rather

disgraceful acts don’t end with Samantha’s manipulation. There’s also the matter of the internal strife within Darkness, its

Gregory, was now under

and the other Darkness members had gone, that was probably

one piece I can’t

Bernard remained silent.

help but

these dark forces, given his own family’s status. But the Penrod siblings were fiercely fighting over their inheritance, so my father leveraged this underworld power to his

plot Gregory’s downfall. But the loyalty was to Gregory and his son Victor Howard. So, my father resorted to injecting Gregory’s IV with a lethal dose. Victor caught him in the act. My father spared Victor at that moment, which led to Victor rallying the

father, he was overpowered and killed instead… So my father took the opportunity to eliminate all of Gregory and Victor’s supporters within