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.

later, Jake received another message

Oliver was dead.

killed him during a scuffle, and Marisa and Selena had helped bury the

All three were arrested.

reached the Horton family, Jake

eventually handing

Oliver had hated being confined to the family home

into the ocean, letting him go

story had

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

after hearing what he had done

shook his head. "No, we're fine

Jake saw no need for him and his mother to return. It would only force them to face people they had wronged,

a nod

voice rang out behind him. "How could you

who had overheard the conversation and stormed out of his room, looking like he had aged ten

posture was hunched, and his once proud frame

day before, and Julius hadn't taken

to face

Nathan froze.

cared about was why you abandoned my grandmother—his

twisted in confusion, his

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

cut deep, and with

wouldn't come.

confirmed that

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