No Way Back

Chapter 35

Peter was so agitated that he coughed violently.

Larry immediately sht his m*uth.

“D*mn it!” Larry cursed himself for not being to hold his tongue. He had spoken too soon.

This had nothing to do with him, but he had butted in nonetheless.

However, only Larry would dare say something like that.

It was because he was an outsider.

Nobody from the Fowler family would have dared say that in front of Jack after knowing that he had wronged Jane.

Jack’s face turned dark immediately.

What had Peter meant by that?

Had Jack wronged an innocent person?

It was as Jane had described. Jack had not gotten his facts right and even gotten physical in public, flipped over Jane’s food, created a scene, and accidentally hurt Lila.

To be honest, since Jack was not that young, he had made been mistaken

before.

But to be mistaken about the same person…

Not once but twice…

The first time was the online trending incident.

The second time was this incident with Peter.

This was a first for Jack.

Dwayne’s eyes flittered a little.

In the end, he did not say anything.

So what if his father had been mistaken?

Dwayne knew his father’s temper all too well.

All of Jack’s seven sons were a chip off the old block.

Even if they had done something wrong, their pride would never allow them

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to look back.

“Dad, in the future, please don’t bother Jane again,” Peter said.

“If you do, it’ll only increase our guilt toward her.”

Everyone stared at Peter in surprise…

Especially Madelyn and Dwayne.

Peter had changed.

In the past, Peter would have never said a word about feeling guilty toward

Jane.

“Peter, you… I saw you lying unconscious. I heard that you had met with Jane earlier and so I was worried that you…”

Jack felt very humiliated to be called out like that by his son.

subconsciously started to find reasons to

worry about

blame his father

difficult for Jane

even guiltier

Peter had decided to

entire school clinic fell into

this topic,” Anna said. “Peter, are you hungry? I’ll get some chicken soup for

“Thanks, M*m.”

wanted to diffuse the awkward

went

complicated the situation was. He quickly made up an excuse to

Peter

a family matter for the

being sandwiched in the

volunteered to buy chicken

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she was familiar with the area and could buy

about Madelyn, so he

went together to buy

walked ahead of

not

a greater sense

It was

seemed to have

After thinking for a while, Madelyn asked in a demure

you think that Peter

time, it really

Dwayne replied after a

mistake

Dwayne was not the type who was unwilling to admit his

of Jane did not disappear because of his guilt toward

have her head slammed hard

would not be stingy with his

deserved that for not listening to her big brother’s

do you think Janie is

had tears in her eyes, and the tip of her nose had turned pink. “Janie keeps getting misunderstood. She left our family only because her

no need to,” Dwayne said. “If we went now, she would

after he remembered how he had been insulted by Jane not

back to

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Dwayne had been asked before

It was

Jane could only

time bomb. She would only bring disorder and

to leave the

saw Dwayne’s heart very clearly. Her heart started

a

was Peter who was

maintain her hold over her parents

Jane and Lila parted

sort through her evidence to

was a

Jack as he was the Emeritus Chairman

was naturally better to

scu*bag

busy for a full

glanced

was already nine at

think I have prepared

Jane smiled, confident that she would

a frozen hamburger in the oven

B*zz… B*zz…