Jake looked at the message on his phone and understood immediately.

Lewis had been keeping tabs on them for a while, just waiting for his grandmother to pass before dealing with each of them one by one.

A chill ran down Jake's spine for a moment, but he felt a sense of relief wash over him. He was thankful he'd finally wised up in the past few months and stopped going against his uncle.

Jake quickly replied, "Thank you, Uncle," and pulled up the location Lewis had sent him.

He then drove with Oliver to the given address.

...

Oliver was in denial until the very end. Following Lewis's directions, they arrived at the address and saw the car parked out front.

The second they stopped, Oliver bolted out of the car and rushed to the door, bursting inside without hesitation.

Through a large window, Jake stood watching as Oliver stormed in, seeing the shocked and panicked expressions on Marisa and the driver's faces and how Selena took a frightened step back.

He saw Oliver grab Marisa by the arm, violently yanking her toward the door in a fit of rage.

He was screaming, red-faced, and desperate, but somehow, he didn't seem threatening anymore.

The man who had once terrified Jake as a child, the father who seemed so untouchable, was gone. The man inside that house now was small and pitiful.

Jake found himself laughing softly. He couldn't understand what he had been so afraid of all those years.

With a quiet chuckle, Jake turned away and walked off.

He didn't look back.

That man wasn't worth looking back for.

days later, Jake received another message about his

Oliver was dead.

and Marisa and Selena had helped bury the

All three were arrested.

the Horton family, Jake was stunned. Even Melissa was taken aback for

handled Oliver's funeral arrangements, eventually handing over the ashes to Jake

being confined to

ocean, letting

Horton's story had finally

mom still need to move back into the main house now that

asked Jake after hearing what

"No, we're fine staying where we

concept of the Horton family's divisions had ceased to exist. The house and everything in it now belonged to Lewis. Jake saw no need for him and his mother to

a nod

he could take another step, a frail voice rang out behind him. "How could you

the conversation and stormed out of his room,

was hunched, and his once proud

day before,

tracks and turned to face him. "Do you think that's what he cared

Nathan froze.

remained calm. "What he cared about was why you abandoned

in confusion, his brow

was just a miserable man. But all of this? It was your fault. You were a coward. You should've stayed out of Clance, never reached for power. If all you cared about was your empire, you should have been crueler, but you couldn't even manage that. You weren't soft, but you weren't ruthless. You were the worst kind

and with that, he left without

but the words wouldn't come. Instead, he collapsed

confirmed that Nathan

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