Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 644

That made sense.

This was not Brimcrest. News would reach the Sterlings faster than the Huttons in Jouleston.

Raymond kept his tone steady. "Don't let her contact your father again.”

They continued to say “your father" back and forth, and neither acknowledged him

James agreed without hesitation. "Sure. That won't be too difficult."

Theodore had always favored Megan. Even if she had committed murder, a few tears might have persuaded him to help bury the body.

Although his authority had been stripped, the Hutton name still carried weight. Out of respect for the family, people would continue to show him deference.

That alone made Megan harder to track down.

on a sofa in rumpled clothes. She clutched a trash can and vomited until bile

a long while, she steadied herself and looked up at the man seated across from her. "You were

original plan had been simple. She would use

had not expected a nurse to slip her a single

followed the instruction and escaped. She

to hide in the morgue and be transported out with a corpse. She did not know how long the body had been

though she were already dead. "You

She forced down another wave of nausea and asked, "What

had never believed in free favors. Not even years ago, when Theodore brought her into the Huttons and treated

a cold laugh. "What use do you think you

What use

the Huttons not to deal with her. Her bank accounts were frozen. She had no

watchful eyes. He would not have done that without understanding exactly how useless she

guess. Just

not hedge. "I want leverage