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.

Megan sat on a sofa in rumpled clothes. She clutched a

a long while, she steadied herself and looked up at the man seated across from her. "You were the one who had that nurse pass

been simple. She would use Theodore

a nurse to slip her a single sentence during

the instruction and escaped. She

for her to hide in the morgue and be transported out with a corpse. She did not know how long the body had been there. The stench clung to her skin no matter how many times she scrubbed it. Even the memory made her stomach

her as though she were already dead. "You

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

Theodore brought her into the Huttons and treated her like his own daughter. She had always

a cold laugh. "What use do you think you still

use

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

eyes. He would not have done that without understanding

Just

hedge. "I want leverage over the Sterlings