Lowell didn’t tell his thoughts point blank, but the message he was trying to give had been passed.No one was sure what had happened the night five years ago.
That night, both Gordon and Ashlyn were drugged, but they never found out who had done it.
They didn’t even have a suspect in mind.
After that night, Gordon became very protective of himself.He was so vigilant with strangers that they felt his desire to be left alone miles away from him.He never drank anything without making sure it wasn’t drugged unless the drink was given by his close friends like Aiken and Keenan.
His parties with Aiken and other friends valued privacy a lot.
Usually, no strangers could approach them.
Last night, he was with his friends too.He was sure he had only taken one sip of the wine.
Wait! He had also drunk the juice handed by Denise.
Last night, while he was getting together with his friends, Denise and her friends happened to be there as well.
Denise came to him with a glass of juice, saying that she was playing truth or dare.She chose the latter and asked him to help her because the juice had extra ingredients and she didn’t want to drink it.
Originally, Gordon didn’t want to help her.
But Denise was his sister, after all.
When she pleaded with him to help her, he finally conceded and took a sip of the juice.
The taste of the juice was terrible.He thought extra ingredients in the juice referred to other kinds of alcoholic drinks.
Never had he thought that it meant the juice was spiked.
Gordon’s face darkened as these thoughts rushed into his mind.
Unable to hold back, he dropped his phone, grabbed his car keys, and headed straight for his home.
It was around midnight, so very few cars were still on the road. It was easy for Gordon to go as fast as he could without any fear of traffic.He stepped on the gas, and after about twenty minutes, he pulled up in front of the house.
Everyone was already fast asleep at this time.
The house was dead silent, but Gordon didn’t care.He barged in, turned on the lights and went straight to Denise’s room on the fourth floor.
“Denise, come out now!”
Denise was already asleep, but Gordon’s cold voice was powerful enough to wake her up.
Still feeling sleepy, she got out of bed, opened the door and asked groggily, “Gordon? What are you doing here at this time of the night?”
Gordon grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the door.
“Did you drug me?”
As soon as she heard that, Denise became fully awake.A look of guilt flashed on her face, but when she saw the look on his face, her eyes filled with fear.
“What are you talking about, Gordon?”
Even if it had been just for a second, Gordon saw the look of guilt cross her face before she hid it.
As seconds passed and Gordon kept staring at her, Denise felt like she was going to explode under his scrutiny.
She gulped and then looked at him hesitantly.
“Gordon, please stop looking at me like that.You’re scaring me.”
Gordon squinted at her and growled, “Oh, I’m scaring you? That’s strange coming from you.Really strange! How can you be brave enough to drug me and still be scared?”
Denise had never seen this side of Gordon.He was her brother, but she was scared of this new person she was seeing.
Not just that, but she had every reason to be scared, considering the awful things she had done.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
But she wasn’t innocent.She had done something bad.
That made her unable to remain calm.
Denise was so scared that she couldn’t move.
When she finally got some courage and tried to run to her room, Gordon grabbed her wrist and pulled her back roughly.She struggled to get out of his grip, but it seemed that she was going to have to cut off her wrist to succeed.
From the look in his eyes, Denise was so sure that Gordon was going to kill her any time soon.
Seeing that she couldn’t get out of his grip, she cried out, “I’m your sister! Why are you treating me this way?”
Denise’s loud cries woke Jenifer and Nathaniel up.
They rushed out of their bedrooms and followed the noise.
“What’s going on? Gordon, what on earth are you doing to your sister?”
When Jenifer came close enough, Denise tried to hide behind her and use her as a shield.She thought Jenifer’s presence was going to save her, but she was proved wrong when Gordon jerked her back.
Gordon pulled Denise so hard that it sprained her wrist.
“Ah! That hurts!” she yelled in pain.
Gordon scoffed and said, “Oh, it hurts? I’m glad we’re on the same page! I’d like to know what you were thinking when you drugged me and Ashlyn.”
Jenifer’s face paled when she heard this.
“Gordon, what are you talking about? Why would Denise drug you?”
“I didn’t! It wasn’t me!”
With Gordon a little distracted by Jenifer’s words, Denise managed to hide behind their mother.
Denise became bolder with Jenifer around.She held out her hand and showed Jenifer.
“Mom, look at what Gordon did to me! He almost broke my wrist!”
However, Denise’s tactic wasn’t working because Gordon ignored Jenifer and grabbed her again.
“Just admit it! You did it, right?”
“No…”
Maybe Denise would have admitted it if the atmosphere was different, but the dangerous look in Gordon’s eyes scared her too much.She looked away and didn’t dare to utter another word.
“Ashlyn was right.I can’t believe I defended you all this while!”
Gordon grunted and slapped Denise hard across the face.
Even if she wanted to deny it now, her attitude and eyes betrayed her.
Gordon and his sister, Denise, were not close, but he had never raised a hand at her, no matter what.
Denise was stunned when he hit her without any warning.She put her hand over her face and looked at her brother in disbelief.
“Oh my God, Gordon! Are you crazy?”
Jenifer exclaimed in disbelief and fear.
Gordon hadn’t been close to the Jones family since he was a child.
Despite that, he always showed up to defend Denise whenever she was being picked on.She was already surprised when Gordon whipped Denise last time.
And now, she couldn’t believe her eyes when Gordon slapped his sister.He had hit her so hard that Denise’s face turned red and swelled up.
While the two ladies were horrified, Gordon didn’t think he had done enough to punish her.His sister had deliberately drugged him.He couldn’t take it lightly.
Gordon had spent his time thinking that Ashlyn was biased against the Jones family.But it was crystal clear now she was right.He couldn’t help but think of what Ashlyn said when she tried to resist him that night.
This thought got him even angrier that he reached out again and pulled Denise back to him.
“What are you doing, Gordon?” Jenifer shouted in panic.
“She is your sister!”
“Exactly! And as her brother, I have to teach her a lesson and show her the difference between bad and good.”
Ashlyn had been right all along.Denise was rude, full of herself, and always planning something bad.
This time, she drugged him and Ashlyn.
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