Chapter 141

After nearly a week, Elspeth finally walked out of the prosecutor’s office, looking completely wiped out and smelling like a durroster.

Sans makeup, she looked dull as dishwater. Her usually well–maintained face now looked a decade older, with strands of gray hair pesking through

She dodged the swarm of reporters as she didn’t want to let them see her current situation. She couldn’t bear to go home looking like that terrified that if Frederic saw her, the image she had carefully maintained would shatter in a matter of seconds.

So. Glynnis accompanied her to a beauty salon in secret. She took a shower, got a fresh set of clothes plucked out the gray hairs, and put on light makeup to brighten her face before she dared to face the world again.

“You should go see Acacia before heading home.”

Elspeth adjusted her bun in the mirror and said grimly. “She’s my niece after all I heard she tried to end her life I can’t just ignore her current situation. I need to put on a kind and gentle front for your dad”

She had been maintaining that image for twenty–five years, it couldn’t collapse now!

“Mom! Acacia actually resorted to a suicide gimmick

Although Glynnis despised Acacia, the thought of the bloody bathroom still sent a shiver up her spine.

“Regardless of whether Thaddeus will be affected by her plot if something goes wrong or if people don’t find out in time she might actually bite the big one. She really played hardball with hersel

“How could they not find out in time!” Elspeth put away her mirror, raising an eyebrow in jest

Glynnis paused, suddenly realizing something “Mom! You knew all along?”

Elspeth put her finger to her lios, signaling for her to keep her mouth shut

Having Acacia use “suicide” as an extreme method to manipulate Thaddeus was Elspett’s idea.

Back in the day. Elspeth used that trick to arouse Frederic’s sympathy and protective instinct, which led to her successful entry into the Abernathy family, and her standing

today.

was Acadia who helped him

relived his past nightmares, he would keep recalling Acadia’s

the best choice, I can’t let Thaddeus and that bitch Evadne have

been through hell and back at the prosecutor’s office. Every time she

you dared to lay a finger on me. I swear I fight you to the end I won’t let you off the

little town of Skyrim, but Emsworth is still our Aberratty group’s ture We’ll have plenty of opportunities to deal with that with Glynis gritted her teeth, vowing to avenge

and got the information that both Frederic and Thaddels were there Rispeth put on the face of a

open the door.

Why would you do such a stupid

tightly, sobbing uncontrolladly. “Why are we so unlucht We get framed, we get bullied if this keeps up, I won’t be

played her part crying her

supposed to be a visit turned into

Thaddeus stood by, expressionless.

him. His cold aura and indifference frightened her and made

the cast whenever she cried, he would always be the first to comfort het, to stay by

that tenderness at that time

was gradually fading, all

each

come here. We need to

later, in the

I’d never see you again. These past

face and

of problems that hit them at that time left him in no mood to

the TV on the wall started broadcasting the

Ca**ius signing a cooperation agreement with Mr.

footage, the handsome Ca**ius exchanged contracts with Mr. Bartley, ther friendly handshake

grid on the coffee cup was

moment Frederic’s face had

was in their bag was just stolen

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