Chapter 266

Nearly a week later, Shannon finally emerged from the prosecutor’s office, looking visibly fatigued. Stripped of the high-end cosmetics, she appeared pale and haggard, as if she had aged a decade. Several strands of white hair had even appeared.

To avoid the swarm of reporters, Shannon could not bring herself to return home in this ghostly state. She feared that Gregory might catch sight of her like this, causing her carefully maintained image to fall apart.

Sensing her concern, Bethany accompanied Shannon to a beauty salon first, where she washed up before venturing out to face the world.

As they left the salon, Shannon said, “Let’s not go home just yet. Let’s go see Rosalind.”

She adjusted her hair in the mirror with a gloomy expression and continued, “After all, she is my niece. Having risked half her life, I can’t afford not to care. I must uphold my kind and benevolent image for your father.”

Shannon thought to herself, ‘A meticulously crafted persona for 25 years-it absolutely must not unravel!’

Bethany said, “Mom! Rosalind actually resorted to suicide!”

bathroom still haunted her. “Let’s not even talk about whether Justin will fall for her fake suffering. If her scheme

not discover it in time?” Shannon said with a playful smile as she put away her mirror.

sudden realization dawned on her. She gasped. ”

lips, signaling for Bethany to not say another word.

strategy, leveraging it to evoke

suffered from depression, and it was Rosalind who supported him through that challenging period. Triggering the past trauma would naturally bring back memories of Rosalind’s virtues. Despite the

can’t allow any possibility of

with the prosecution, and the mere thought of Bella made her clench her fists. “Bella, how dare you play games with

Hatchbay, but that’s just a

the future to deal with that wretched woman!” She was determined to take revenge on Bella for throwing the slippers

inside. Shannon put on a facade of a virtuous wife and loving mother. She entered the room as tears streamed

Rosalind! Why would you contemplate something so drastic and do such a

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