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Thad patted

veiny hand to steady his emotions:

“I know, you’ve been digging into your father’s death for years, and you’ve always suspected that Gary had the strongest motive, but you just couldn’t nail him without the proof. Now, April’s suddenly filing for divorce from Gary, and she’s drawn up a whopping settlement. She must have something on him that could bury him. Even if it’s not connected to your father’s passing, it’s enough to make Gary eat his own wicked deeds behind bars for the rest of his miserable life.”

“It had to be Gary, who else could it be?!”

Jareth replayed his father’s demise in his mind, feeling the agony wracking his heart; his eyes turned reddening with pain, “Back then, he and my dad went down to Spring City for a business trip; they took a chopper over the sea, but mid–flight, the main gearbox malfunctioned, sending the chopper spiraling uncontrollably into the ocean before it sank rapidly! My dad was wearing a life vest, but the sinking was too fast, and the cabin was sealed shut he had no chance to escape! He perished alongside three other top execs and the pilot! But somehow. only Gary survived!”

Thad’s lips tightened into a cold, straight line.

“How could it be such a coincidence. How could only he be so lucky?!”

Jareth, feeling his heart wrenching, slammed his hand on the table, “My father broke his back for the Fairhaven Group, he was a charity saint, who cleaned up the family’s shady past and put us on the straight and narrow. Such a great, hardworking, kind man was he why would the heavens claim his life?! I refuse to believe that fate is so blind!”

Thad’s expression grew somber, “Everyone perished, except for Gary. Indeed, that’s bizarre.”

“Exactly! Jareth doesn’t have nine lives!” Dean couldn’t contain his rage.

“Gary managed to escape the cabin because he had a compact emergency hammer with him. He shattered the window and swam to the surface.”

Lily’s voice was hoarse with hatred, “Afterward, he claimed it was his habit to carry such a tool and argued that he was incapable of saving Mr. Fairhaven because he was a poor swimmer- if he had tried, both would’ve been lost to the sea. But who would buy such a lame excuse? He was just taking advantage of his power within the Fairhaven Group back then, to bully a young master and a family left with a widow and an orphan!”

Thad fell silent for a moment before speaking calmly, “Even if Gary had I killed him‘ written across his face, without solid evidence after all these years, it’s hard to pin the crime on him. Think of my mother’s case; if it weren’t for Erica recording Elspeth’s confession and finding the maid who had served my mother and could testify in court, I’d never have avenged my mother.”

Jareth clenched his teeth, his eyes burning with fury.

“Maybe, just maybe, we might get lucky with April.”

Thad suddenly furrowed his brows, “As Gary’s wife, she must know many secrets.”

Gary overseas, and to never let him return to Elmsworth. That’s clearly a sign he’s cutting

“Stripped of power and exiled, now crippled, Gary’s no longer a threat. No wonder April, with no family or background to speak

is a good

sparking within, “Once she’s out of the Fairhaven Group and without Gary to back her, it will be a piece of cake to squeeze her for

his meaning, Jareth nodded in

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both admiring and intimidated, thought to himself that Mr. Thad was one sharp cookie. Aside from Ms. Ashbourne, few could outplay him.

“Dean, keep tabs on April these next few days. The moment she finalizes the divorce from Gary, let

away, Mr. Fairhaven!” Dean hurried

for her to deny

of dealing with tough nuts. Even if she doesn’t

before, “It’s getting late, we haven’t hung out

smiled,

early to cook a new

buddy asks you to stay, especially at a time when he needs

haunt, a restaurant with a reputation for fine dining.

was served, but Jareth clearly wasn’t in the mood to eat;

try to avoid alcohol,” Thad said, placing his palm over

you, I doubt anyone else cares about me anymore.” Jareth leaned back; with his large frame slouched, he gave out

tone turned urgent, “Does being apart mean we don’t care about you anymore? Being irresponsible to yourself is a way of

a sharp sting in his heart, his fingers trembled

“How’s Marilla doing?”

you something. Marilla won’t marry Alston,

Marilla called it

Thad’s, “I knew Marilla wouldn’t leave me, she loves

him deeply,while shaking his head slightly. That marriage was orchestrated by Frederic himself, and he pressured Marilla into it. Marilla’s always been soft–hearted and always putting others first; she simply can’t, and won’t, fight back.” It

shattered the glass

so I wouldn’t keep you in the dark. The reason Marilla got out of the Bartley family mess so quickly was all thanks to Eyadne’s

that transpired at the

Bartley family nuisance! That was just a play put on by the Ashbourne family’s Suri and Aaron in

has been supportive of me and Marilla

hasn’t she?”

up with this plan to create

glass pensively. “But now, Suri and Aaron are taking

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been informed and is flying back from the states to discuss the match

they think I’m some orphan without anyone to fight my corner?” Jareth’s eyes blazed as he

blinked in

“No, no. I have a mother. What I mean is, they’re

advantage of the fact that I don’t have parents to nego on my behalf! They’re

it was a Bartley, now an Ashbourne! No, this can’t go on, or Marilla will become

strode towards the door.

you going?” Thaddeus called

family, or else I’ll go to the states to find

heaved as if a caged beast was struggling within, “You’ve finally given me a chance,

up with you. Even if Suri is

the problem isn’t between Aaron and Marilla; it’s between

Alston, but there’s still Aaron, who’s taken with Marilla. And if not Aaron, there will be other men. If Marilla insists on not being with you, what then? Are you going to cut off all her chances at love? Do you want her to live without male companionship and to remain unmarried, clinging to

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