Chapter: 1219
Calm washed over Eleanor as she regained her poise, her fingers instinctively reaching up to
smoothen out her disheveled hair. She replied with an air of certainty, “Indeed.”
Rosalynn, as an orphan, would leap at the chance to unravel her lineage. She had to agree to her
proposition
But Rosalynn shattered her certainty with a smile and a firm shake of her head. “Eleanor, if I ever feel
the need to know who my parents are, I’ll discover it on my own. If you’re banking on this secret to
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthave my husband save you, I’m afraid you’re in for a disappointment.”
Rosalynn couldn’t deny that Eleanor’s proposition held a certain allure.
The longing to know her parents, to understand why they had cast her aside, was a constant whisper in
her heart.
Yet, she knew she led a fulfilling Life now. The presence or absence of parents didn’t change that.
If the itch to delve into her past ever became unbearable, she would take it upon herself to investigate.
Eleanor’s help was unnecessary.
“Eleanor, please, don’t go! Have you no compassion? Don’t you want to know your parents? Stop!”
Desperate pleas echoed behind Rosalynn, but she tuned them out, leaving the confinement of the
holding cell behind.
On the police station’s doorstep, she found Brian engrossed in a conversation with Valeria and Hutton.
They were discussing the night’s incidents.
Eleanor and Moira had met the waiter at the Lake.
The waiter held evidence that Eleanor had hired him to get John killed.
With such leverage, he blackmailed her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEleanor demanded the evidence in return, but he stood his ground, asking for two million dollars.
Moira had played the mediator, offering the waiter a bottle of water.
Laced with a high dose of sleeping pills, the drink had quickly put him to sleep.
Eleanor then had Moira dump him into the lake, making it seem like an unfortunate accident.
However, they were unaware that Hutton had recorded the entire incident.
The waiter was found in time, rushed to the hospital, and was currently undergoing treatment.
Brian’s forehead creased as he absorbed Hutton’s narrative.
“Why would Eleanor want to kill John?”
Just as Hutton was about to answer, Rosalynn’s voice filled the air, punctuating their conversation with
her entrance.