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 trash can and vomited until bile scorched

up at the man seated across from her. "You were the one who had that nurse

plan had been simple. She would use

a nurse to slip her a single sentence during a

followed the instruction and escaped. She

She did not know how long the body had been there. The stench clung to her skin no matter how many times

as though she were already dead. "You

forced down another wave of nausea and asked, "What

when Theodore brought her into the Huttons and treated her like his own daughter. She had always believed he wanted something in return or sought to

use do you think you still

froze. What use did

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

her escape under countless watchful eyes. He would not have done that without understanding exactly how

Just

did not hedge. "I want leverage over the Sterlings