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.

received another message about his

Oliver was dead.

during a scuffle, and Marisa

All three were arrested.

news of Oliver's death reached the Horton family, Jake

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

had hated being confined to the family home so

ashes into the ocean, letting him go

Horton's story had

still need to move back into the main house now that she's technically still part of

Jake after hearing what

his head. "No, we're fine staying where

Jake saw no need for him and his

gave a

another step, a frail voice rang out behind

out of his room, looking like he

hunched, and his once proud frame

day before, and Julius hadn't

in his tracks and turned to face him. "Do you

Nathan froze.

about was why you abandoned

twisted in confusion,

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

deep, and with

tried to call after him, but the words wouldn't come. Instead,

soon confirmed that Nathan Horton

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