When she spent time with hadufte, the woman did rest mention Henry's name, not even once. "Henry Mccarthy poisoned his wife," Kina said "What he didn't do something to his mistress as well? ald no longer nat

Then he halted abangtly and gripped Kia's shoulders. "Who told your all this? Tad someone did Austyn put poup tolt? Kita stated hackat him with a level gave henne pait me up to this, l'anne toipeet pouf my own volition."

yourmand You had to know Henry was a more plausible suspect than Charlotte."

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The veins on the side of his neck polsated. Kira was unfazed.

'I think you chickened out. You knew in your heart that Henry was responsible for your mother's death. You just didn't want to admit it. You didn't want to have a murderer for a father. So you termed a blind eye to the truth and redirected your anger onto Charlotte ! "Shut up!" Liam yelled in her face.

Kica didn't clinch.

After her father died, she had given up on the luxury of feeling afraid

She could no longer seek shelter in her father's wann embrace.

Prom now on, she had to fight her own battles.

Are you mad because I've pointed out the truth? Are you ashamed of yourself? Trying to redirect your anger to someone else, just like you used to do?! Liam's fingers dug into her shoulders He knew what she said was true.

was simply too much for him to take

He had been running away from the truth for years because it w

Charlotte was a woman of delicate health.

She was bedbound long before she was diagnosed with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.

She could barely lift a fork, let alone a life.

But Liam forced himself to ignote that fact

His mother died in Charlotte's coom.

They were the only two present.

It had to be her!

Lian couldn't help but cast his mind back

Seven years ago, he finally confronted Charlotte.

His mother had been dead for more than ten years by then.

He was a grown-up, and he thought he had enough power to finally make Charlotte pay.

When she was wheeled out for fresh air in the patch of cedar woods behind the mansion, Liam saw his chance and waylaid her.

He could still remember the look on Charlotte's pallid face when he accused her of killing his mother.

Herlips moved.

She was on the verge of saying something when Liam's bodyguard suddenly whipped out his gun.

He pulled the trigger before Liam could stop him. exclusive content.

Deborah dived in front of Charlotte and took the bullet for her.

After that, everything spiralled out of control and became a chaotic mess.

Henry returned to the mansion and took charge.

He sent Charlotte away to a medical facility,

He arranged for Deborah's take funeral.

And be banished Liam from Stamford.

Liam was thrown into a foreign country and had to fend for himself

For the next few years, he was preoccupied with keeping his head above water.

The bodyguard who shot Deborah disappeared.

Liam never saw him again

Now come to think of it, Henry was the one who assigned the guard to him.

the trigger.

Other than Liam, Henry was the only one who could have ordered the guard to pull the tr Liam swayed on las feet.

the pupped the back of the bench.

Kina knew she was getting to him.

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She continued, "If Henry was innocent and loved your mother, he would have sought justice for her after she died. But it has been almost twenty years. anything for her? No."

She had only met Henry McCarthy once, but that brief encounter, plus what she heard from Austyn and Charlotte, was enough to paint a picture for her.

Henry was a despot, a control freak who couldn't stand it when a

anyone disobeyed him, including his own family.

He poisoned Charlotte for reasons unknown.

He let her struggle in pain for years.