When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 160

Prev Chapter
Background

Font family

Font size

Line hieght

Full frame
Yes No

No line breaks
Yes No
Next Chapter

Chapter 159 Chapter 159 After exchanging numbers with Jared, I set off to find Eliana.

Neither Clyde nor I had much of a socialwork here, but the Chandlers were a different story.

With their family-owned diners spreading across several states, Eliana had resources that could ease any investigation.

It wasn't long before one of her contacts reported back.

Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt

"There are two Millers in the licensing department, but given their ages, it seems like this Garfield Miller, now a high-ranking official there, is our guy. Several of the Crawford family's projects were green-lit by him, and he seems to be on good terms with Talbot." I hesitated as I looked over Garfield's information.

His high-profile connection to the Crawford family madewonder-was it really a secret to others? Suddenly, I noticed the spouse section listed a name, Marilyn, which sounded vaguely familiar.

"Marilyn? What does she do? Is she in the sdepartment as him?" "Marilyn? Melanie, haven't you heard of her? She was the one who gave that lecture last year, the nephrology expert. Her posters were all over Ironvale. She's quite well-known." Eliana googled her non her phone.

Seeing Marilyn's specialty, I had a sinking feeling.

The truck driver who killed my dad was suffering from end-stage renal disease, barely hanging onto life, and died before any legal actions could finalize. He left behind no assets, making compensation impossible.

Ultimately, the insurance company paid out, but the driver had no previous connection to my dad. There was no evidence of premeditated harm. I had wondered if my dad had been rushing because he was onto Galen Brown's trail.

But now, things seemed to be connecting in a disturbing way.

Could all this tie back to Talbot somehow? Before I could piece everything together, Clyde's call cthrough.

"Babe, come... chome." His speech was slurred, his words unclear.

"Home? Where are you now?" "Clyde, I'll take you back to your room. Con, don't be like this, my dad's still here." Lisa's voice in the background was a clear signal-they were at home. Eliana's eyes widened with a look of "I knew it" as she stared at me.

Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm

Neither of us trusted Lisa, but in that moment, I knew I had to go back.

Eliana, always up for watching unfold, drovehome.

Upon arrival, I found Clyde and Lisa struggling on the stairs, with a few ss trying to help him to his room, yet he refused to go in.

Lisa seemed frantic, "Clyde, lethelp you inside. What are you doing?" "What's going on here?"

I stormed øver, furious. It took Clyde a moment to recognize me, but then he collapsed into my arms and whispered, "Takeaway" "Melanie, what's the problem? Tessa was just helping Clyde to his room." Talbot approached, visibly annoyed, and shot Lisa a look.

I shielded Clyde protectively, "Helping him to his room or planning 0 m something sinister?" "Did it really require so many of you? Your intentions couldn't be more obvious!"

They dared to drug Clyde in broad daylight, who knew what they'd do next. Maybe they planned to vele X

Report chapter Comments

When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Notify