Charles stared down Christopher's innocent-looking face as rage overtook him.

Just when he was about to blow up, James gave him a chilling look that woke Charles to his senses.

James expressed during the car ride that Bella possibly was not the one who was out to get him.

His mind wandered back to their conversation. "If Bella wanted to ruin you, she would've done it when you got a little too close with her sister. Why wait until now?

"Besides, only I and one other person know all the details about your little thing."

"Who is it? Who is ruining me? I want to make him pay!"

"Astrid."

"That's right! That bitch! She must have ratted me out to reduce her own sentence. I will make sure she stays behind bars."

The police couldn't have collected all the evidence. It's clear someone was helping her to

could it be?"

now, so it won't do us any good to confront him directly. We need to get in Dad's good books again before we can

great! Thank God my

Let's not get ourselves in any more trouble. You worked hard, James, but Chris was

to share." James

a face

Overjoyed, Lance could turn

"Bring it in."

standby outside the room entered with a document in hand at James'

the document in confusion and flipped through

This is great, James. When did you close the

Christopher's face froze, and his fists clenched tightly under his

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