Chapter 312 Her Tears\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Adriana\u2019s breathing sped up. Her fingers started shaking, and she couldn\u2019t stop them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She couldn\u2019t miss it. The girl in the photo\u2013the one with her eyes burned by smoke and fire- was her. She was the same girl her adoptive family had taken to Govendale all those years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBiggie\u2026\u201d Adriana\u2019s voice cracked. She slapped a hand over her mouth as tears streamed down her cheeks without pause.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis was Biggie. He was the one who had saved her from the fire. He was the one who had helped fix her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They had already known each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was you. It\u2019s always been you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana lowered her head. Guilt weighed heavily on her chest. Her fingers gripped the photo so hard they started to hurt. Why had she only realized it now?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why hadn\u2019t she seen it sooner?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her body shook as she cried until there was nothing left. Her strength ran dry. After a long while, she turned the photo over. On the back, Curtis had written something in his own handwriting. Youth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the darkest stretch of his life, Adriana had been the one bright light he had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their connection had begun back then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda and Denton had just finished dinner when they noticed Adriana wasn\u2019t in the living room. They called her name a few times. No answer. Their stomachs dropped. They bolted toward the bedroom and study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They searched every room. They spotted Adriana curled up in a corner of the study,\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was holding an old photo. Her tears had soaked her hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdriana\u2026\u201d Yolanda called out. Her voice was full of worry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana looked up at her and shook her head. \u201cI\u2019m fine. Just let me cry one last time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wasn\u2019t going to cry so easily anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 312 Her Tears\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She understood now that hiding in the dark and crying didn\u2019t help anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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If tears were going to fall again, then they needed to be for something that was worth it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda\u2019s chest tightened. She wanted to comfort her, but she didn\u2019t know how.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton stood at the door. His hands clenched into fists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ever since he learned he was a Lincoln, ever since he was pulled into this world, everything he thought he understood had collapsed\u2013over and over again. He didn\u2019t want stock. He didn\u2019t want money or power. He only wanted a family. He just wanted his brother to acknowledge him. But all he saw now was how everyone around him was playing a game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Things were already tough for him, but Curtis had been trapped in this nightmare his whole life. He had grown up in it. How had he made it this far?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more Denton thought about it, the more his heart ached for his brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People assumed his life in the fishing village was hell. But at least the folks there were real. They were decent. They didn\u2019t play games. Some even slipped him extra pay when no one was looking. His body had been tired, but his heart had stayed warm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Curtis? Curtis was born right into the Lincolns\u2013a life that shredded people down to the bone. How was someone supposed to survive in that? The coldness and the madness\u2013it was just how he defended himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDenton, dinner\u2019s ready. Where are you going?\u201d Yolanda asked as she saw him heading for the door, his face clouded over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was nothing she could do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis was gone. Everyone was carrying some kind of weight. Denton too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maybe he had really cared about his brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton didn\u2019t say a word. He needed to figure out how to handle Savannah and the others, gain control, grow up fast, stand tall for the Lincoln Group. He had to become the one his sister\u2013in\u2013law could lean on, and make them pay for what they did to his brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin\u2019s place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Curtis went down, Justin stayed in Haldoria because Harold told him to handle everything that came next.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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When you staged a death, you had to sell it. Curtis\u2019s \u201cdeath\u201d erased a huge threat. To the one pulling the strings, it was a victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And with the problem gone, that person was going to get cocky. They\u2019d make a move soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight after the incident, Matthew froze the money in his own account,\u201d Justin said quietly. \u201cRaymond couldn\u2019t get near it. Nobody could. Once those two go at each other for real, the puppet master\u2019s going to act.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis sat in a sealed room inside the study, covered in blood, while the family\u2019s only trusted doctor worked quickly to patch him up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really didn\u2019t hold back,\u201d Justin muttered. \u201cAt the funeral home, I thought you were actually gone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t look real, they won\u2019t fall for it,\u201d Curtis said. His voice came out ragged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou already have someone in mind?\u201d Justin asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis\u2018 tone turned sharp. \u201cWho could leak secrets, keep tabs on Harold every second, never raise suspicion, and still be within the family? Who fits that bill?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin stared at him. \u201cYour grandfather trusted Ernest more than anyone. That\u2019s Savannah\u2019s father. But Ernest always treated you well. He practically raised you. I used to suspect him. I told you\u00a0<\/p>\n
to look into him. You swore he couldn\u2019t be the traitor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe played the role too well,\u201d Curtis said, his tone flat. \u201cHe had me fooled for years. But he finally slipped, and it\u2019s all thanks to his spoiled, delusional daughter.\u201d He let out a bitter laugh. \u201cYou really think a guy who\u2019s been the Lincolns\u2018 butler for decades is just some average house servant?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin gave a slow nod. \u201cAnyone who can survive in a household like that has to be sharp.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHarold always said Ernest was smart. Whenever things got messy, he\u2019d ask Ernest for advice. You think someone that clever wouldn\u2019t have known his daughter was teaming up with Danielle and Chandler to trap rich heirs? You think he didn\u2019t know what she\u2019s been doing overseas? Or that she\u2019s targeting Denton now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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