“It was you-it was you who brought that spiteful woman into our family. She broke your marriage and caused havoc in our family. Sonny’s custody was given to Liberty, and yet she did such a malicious thing to him. That vicious woman… It was you-you were blind!”
Mr. Brown pointed at his son and cursed at him.
Hank did not dare speak even after being slapped by his dad. He covered his beaten face and could not look at his parents.
He did not know it would come to this-even he could not imagine Jessica plotting something. against Sonny.
Sonny was given to Liberty. If they did not go to see him, Sonny and Liberty would definitely not appear in front of them and their lives would not be affected at all.
Why would Jessica do this?
Was she afraid that Hank would rekindle his feelings for Liberty because of Sonny and would ask for a remarriage?
She underestimated Liberty.
Since Liberty divorced Hank, there was no way she would go back to him..
Not to mention Liberty’s life was getting better while Hank’s was getting worse. Even if it were the other way round, given her temperament, she would not look back and disturb his life.
A smart person would not return to the life that had been given up.
Liberty was that person. She would rather be a single mom for the rest of her life than return to a terrible man like Hank.
“I told you not to marry her as she’s not as good as Liberty. You didn’t listen and insisted that you were truly in love. Pfft, you used to say that about you and Liberty too!”
Mrs. Brown scolded her son, “What about now? Look what Jessica did. She quarrels with me and fights with your sister every day. She even said that we joined hands to bully her, but it was she who has been bullying us. She relies on your love for her and disregards us.
“Hank Brown, are you satisfied now? Are you?!”
After scolding her son, Mrs. Brown pushed her husband and scolded him instead, “I stopped you from transferring the money to Liberty and told you not to let them divorce. Neither you nor Hank listened to me. Now, you’re blaming your son for it!”
Mr. Brown pushed Mrs. Brown back in anger and said, “The worst was you and that great daughter of yours. If not for you talking so much, liking to pick fights, and sowing discord between Hank and Liberty, would this have happened?”
“How much better do you think you are? Have you ever said anything? Have you ever made a sound?”
Mrs. Brown knew she was wrong-so wrong.
She made Liberty, who used to be a good daughter-in-law, leave her son. As a result, her son. married Jessica, a troublemaker and spendthrift who stirred their family into a tempest.
It was fine if that was it, but that evil woman wanted to harm Lucas and Sonny.
Chelsea was loose-tongued, but as their aunt, how could Jessica be so ruthless as to collude with the kidnappers to kidnap Lucas?
Did she do that to get back at Chelsea?
After Liberty divorced Hank, she never clung to him. If Hank and Jessica did not always pester her, she might not have wanted to see them at all. She did not affect Hank’s new life whatsoever, and yet Jessica wanted to harm Sonny.
Mrs. Brown recalled how she kept asking her son to divorce Jessica and remarry Liberty. She even said that Liberty was capable enough to earn money and successfully slimmed down to how she looked pre-marriage. If she and Hank remarried, Hank would benefit a lot from it.
Did Jessica become resentful because of that and targeted Sonny as a result?
After a long time, Mrs. Brown approached Serena.
She looked at Sonny, who was being carried by Serena, and reached out to touch him but retracted her hand halfway. She said to Serena with guilt, “Serena. I’m sorry. It’s our family’s misfortune to have taken in a wicked woman and harmed your sister.”
Serena looked coldly at Mrs. Brown.
When the police took Jessica away, Serena did not know what exactly happened but she had her guesses.
“My sister divorced Hank and started her new life. Sonny has also been well taken care of by her. Please stay away from her in the future. She has never thought of remarrying Hank.
“Jessica is detestable, but so are you guys!”
Mrs. Brown lowered her head in shame.
Yes, they were equally detestable.
Mrs. Brown saw Liberty and Serena reunite with their rich aunt and learned that Serena became the Yorks‘ missus. She desperately wanted to break up Hank and Jessica, hoping that he could remarry Liberty. As a result, Jessica developed hatred and wanted to take it out on Sonny.
“I don’t want to see you. Please leave now.”
When the police only took Jessica away, Serena knew the Browns had nothing to do with this matter. Sonny was their grandson, after all. It was true that Mrs. Brown favored her daughter’s son more, but she also cared about the only grandson bearing her family name; she would never collude with the bad guys to take Sonny away.
Despite the Browns having nothing to do with this, Serena did not want to see them.
“Serena, I know whatever we say now is useless, but we truly care about your sister. When she wakes up, I dare not ask to come to see her, but I hope you can send us a message to let us know that she’s safe and well.”
Serena tensed up and did not say anything.
After apologizing again, Mrs. Brown turned around and walked over to her husband to leave with him. Hank did not want to go but was dragged away by his parents, so he left with them.
Once the Browns left, Serena asked Zack, “Did Jessica do this?”
“She was just a pawn. The police have probably gone to the mastermind’s house to take her away for investigation. Josh has submitted all the evidence and information on all those people to the police.”
In the beginning, Josh only let Zack take a quick look at the evidence and did not let him take them away. He was ready to hand them over to the police, but it was also for the sake of their safety
In Josh’s words, those people were good at counter–investigation. Zack’s status in Wiltspoon was fearsome, but those people were not afraid of him.
If Zack possessed the evidence that could crush them, nobody knew if he would be able to live to see tomorrow.
On the other hand, the Buchams were different.
The Buchams had a low profile, but their network was shocking. Nobody dared to thoughtlessly lay their hands on the Buchams because countless big families might retaliate against them. Besides, the Buchams were known for finding information and had a powerful intelligence network. Nobody would know if those pieces of evidence were in Josh’s possession.
“Seren, I’ll tell you more about it later. You should go home to rest first.”
Many people were coming and going, so it was not the right time to talk about the details.
“I’m not going home; I’m going to wait here for my sister to wake up.”
Even though Liberty did not need family care, Serena did not want to leave.
“Seren, Liberty is in the ICU now and doesn’t need our care, so let’s go home first. You need to rest well to be able to take good care of Sonny. You have to take care of your sister too once she wakes up.”
Zack wanted to persuade his wife to go home to rest.
“I don’t want to go home; I want to stay here to watch over my sister. For all we know, she’ll wake up at night. Once she does, she’ll want to see Sonny first.”
Serena was determined not to go home.
“Seren, Zack is right. Your sister doesn’t need our care now. You and Zack should go home and rest first. I’ll stay here to keep watch.”
“Mom,” Clive and Elisa called out to Mrs. Stone.
Mr. Stone also disapproved of his wife’s staying. He said, “We can’t do anything by staying in the hospital. Let’s all go back to rest and take care of the things that haven’t been taken care of yet.”
“I’m worried!”
Mrs. Stone’s voice choked up right after she said that.
She was worried about her niece as much as Serena was worried about her sister. She and Serena were the same.
“Aunt Audrey, go home and rest. I’ll let you know as soon as my sister wakes up.”
Serena helped to persuade Mrs. Stone to go home.
Mrs. Stone was gradually getting older, after all.
She finally left the hospital after everyone repeatedly persuaded her.
In the end, only Zack, Serena, and Duncan remained.
“Duncan, there are still many things you and Josh need to deal with together. Don’t worry, I’ll let you know once Liberty wakes up.” Zack knew his good friend was also worried about his sister- in–law. He patted Duncan’s shoulder and said, “I’m counting on you and Josh to wrap things up.”
Duncan looked at the ICU ward. He wanted to be by Liberty’s side, but she was in the ward at the moment. Even Serena could not take care of her sister, let alone him.
After a long silence, Duncan looked at Sonny again.
Sonny had fallen asleep in Serena’s arms but was still subconsciously grabbing her shirt. What happened today was going to be a lifelong trauma for the three–year–old kid.
Duncan’s heart ached for Sonny.
“Let me know if anything happens. I’ll go deal with the follow–up first.”
“Okay.”
Duncan took a deep breath and looked at the ward again before he turned around to leave.
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