Chapter 272\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd here I was thinking he was an ungrateful traitor. I guess I spoke too soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell\u2019s expression was unreadable. \u201cIs that so?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Draven said solemnly. \u201cI have evidence. You\u2019ll believe me once you s\u00a0<\/p>\n
He produced the file Finley had given him and handed it to Haskell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell glanced at it before passing it to Crispin, who then delivered it to Zoltan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan took the file, flipped through it, and then looked at Larissa, his tone neutral. \u201cLarissa, how do you explain this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa was perfectly composed. \u201cGrandpa Zoltan, it\u2019s true that I can communicate with and control these creatures. But even if I were a psychopath, why would I do it so openly? What would be the purpose of creating such a public spectacle? To make enemies of all of you? To bring this trouble upon myself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rolled her eyes. \u201cDo I look like I have nothing better to do? Everyone here is a prominent figure in Regal City, if not the entire country. Are you all really going to let Draven lead you by the nose with just a few words?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some of the guests who had been questioning her now looked chagrined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did it so brazenly because you thought no one knew about your sinister past!\u201d Draven shot back. \u201cYou thought you wouldn\u2019t be suspected!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd let\u2019s be honest, Ms. Judson,\u201d he continued, \u201csince returning to the Judson family, haven\u2019t all your actions been reckless and extreme? Perhaps you just enjoy the chaos!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing her chance to kick Larissa while she was down, Vivica, her voice choked with manufactured tears, added, \u201cHe\u2019s right! Her methods have always been extreme and insane! As her biological mother, I can attest to that!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
All eyes turned from Draven to Vivica.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kiernan frowned, his voice a low growl. \u201cVivica, watch what you say.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica mentally scoffed at Kiernan\u2019s warning. Her family had been ruined by Larissa. She was going to make damn sure the girl paid for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you really think a mother would refuse to acknowledge her own daughter without a good reason? Am I really that heartless?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! It\u2019s because I know how wicked she truly is! I was afraid to acknowledge her. I was terrified she would harm our family!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut because we wouldn\u2019t cast out our adopted daughter, Honora, we enraged her. She\u00a0<\/p>\n
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launched a campaign of vicious revenge against us! My son, Leopold, is still lying in a hospital bed in a coma because of her! And now, at her own engagement party, she\u2019s used a scorpion to poison my adopted daughter! With a daughter this twisted and monstrous, how could her father and I possibly accept her with open arms?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tearful performance swayed many of the guests, who began to mur understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it were me, I\u2019d be terrified too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
ir\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s true. Paxton\u2019s family was a happy family. Honora may not be their biological daughter, but she\u2019s beautiful and talented, and they raised her. It\u2019s understandable they wouldn\u2019t want to abandon her for a daughter with such a dark nature.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPoor Leopold. To be put in a vegetative state by his own sister.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Judson, how do you explain yourself now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After listening to Vivica\u2019s tirade, Larissa faced the judgment of the crowd without flinching. \u201cYou know,\u201d she said calmly, \u201cthe most important thing right now should be treating the people who were poisoned, not interrogating me, don\u2019t you think?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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