The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 757

Kaitlyn knew all too well that things couldn't be that simple; there must have been someone fanning the flames behind the scenes.

But by then, the Littletons had fallen from grace. Those who once flocked around her family with flattering words were nowhere to be found after her parents' untimely deaths. To seek their help now would be nothing short of a pipe dream.

Yet the persecution from the ancient warrior lineages did not cease.

Tears streamed down Kaitlyn's cheeks as she struggled to catch her breath, coughing twice. "My father-in-law, Julian, ever since someone accused him of taking bribes... It's been one thing after another. Private tutoring, disciplining students too harshly. And now... they're accusing him of... of indecency with a student."

Julian had once been a celebrated teacher at Rivenwood High, but now his reputation was in tatters.

His wife, Sadie, couldn't continue with her job either, taken in for questioning by the school board time and again. Only after the school let them go did the tumult finally begin to subside.

"This time, they say... the girl who accused Julian... she jumped from her building and took her life. Her parents think it's Julian's fault, so... so they called the cops and had him taken away." Vivienne listened intently to Kaitlyn's account, her brow furrowed throughout.

silence, absorbing every word, before finally speaking up, "What's the girl's name? Is she still

is Cassidy. After the incident, I heard her family was

"Havenwood?"

before reassuringly smiling, "Don't worry. What's done is done, and it's high time we closed this

protest, but Vivienne had already turned away, dialing on her cell phone, "Check for a family in Havenwood, daughter

she texted Draven, [Dig into the bribery case involving Julian and Sadie. I want details, as

her heart swelling with gratitude for the most impulsive decision she had made years ago, which turned

simply patting Kaitlyn's hand to comfort

one thing; allegations of indecency are another, especially after so much time has passed. Any

her word for it. Julian wasn't jailed, but he was detained for weeks. During that time, Sadie, Tyler, and I tried everything to appeal,

switched gears, "What

Julian's financial support, he wouldn't have been able to afford his education. Yet,

precinct, Sophie was in a foul mood, roused from her bed in the dead of

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