Chapter 102
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
The next day, as soon as I woke up, Ronan pulled me along to the jail.
My brother was being held here temporarily, awaiting an unknown fate.
Ronan gently stroked my hair, his eyes filled with endless affection.
“Cora, promise me you won’t get emotional when you see Emery, okay? I just want you to know what he’s been through these past few days”
Hearing his words, a terrible premonition suddenly rose in my heart.
Before I could even ask what was going on, Emery appeared before me, limping.
I had never seen him in such a wretched state.
His clothes were so dirty you couldn’t tell their original color, and his arms, his knees-any visible part of him-was covered in bruises and cuts.
Even his once-handsome face was badly swollen, with dried blood crusted at the corner of his mouth.
The pain in my chest was so sharp I could no longer stand. I threw myself against the glass partition, and the wound from my fall throbbed again.
“Who was it? Who did this to you p>
My eyes were filled with pure rage.
Pain flashed in Emery’s eyes. He glanced at Ronan standing beside me and said with difficulty, “It was no one. I just fell p>
Rage clouded my mind, I wanted to tear everyone here to pieces.
There was no way the injuries on Emery were self-inflicted.
I was about to confront the guard next to him when, at that moment, Ronan pulled me back.
He said in a coaxing tone, “Cora, you promised me you wouldn’t get angry. You know who’s responsible for Emery’s injuries. It’s my fault for being powerless, for not being able to get him out. If you don’t want him to suffer like this, let’s just hurry up and drop the lawsuit, and then record the clarification video, okay p>
“Seeing you in so much pain, it feels like a knife is stabbing my own heart p>
As he spoke, he took my hand and placed it over his heart.
On the other side of the glass, Emery struggled to get closer to me.
I looked over, my eyes filled with tears, only to hear the guard say mockingly.
“You think you’re still some big shot lawyer? If you don’t want someone to break another one of your legs, you’d better think about what you should do p>
Hearing that, I couldn’t hold back anymore and lunged forward.
“He’s innocent! You’re the ones who hurt him, and I won’t let you get away with it p>
Before I could finish, Ronan clamped his hand tightly over my mouth.
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“Cora, don’t worry about me. Just do what you think is right. I can take it p>
He pressed his hands against the glass, as if trying to reach me.
But the next second, he was mercilessly dragged away by the guard.
I struggled with all my might but still couldn’t break free from Ronan’s grasp, able only to let out a helpless, mournful cry.
When had my brother ever been in such a pathetic state?
He was a good student his whole life and grew up to be a great lawyer. If it weren’t for me, he would never have gotten involved in something
like this.
I couldn’t hold it in any longer, tears burst from my eyes.
Ronan flinched as if burned by my tears and quickly let go.
He gave me a look of profound heartache.
“Cora, I know you’re upset right now. I’m just as upset as you are. But Emery’s situation… I really have no control over it. Can you please just drop the lawsuit quickly p>
My gaze, as I looked at him, was finally filled with hatred.
For Juniper, Ronan had killed our child and framed my brother.
He even had my brother beaten up just to make me drop the charges faster.
All of this, just because he didn’t want Juniper to go to jail.
But years ago, when Ronan was in trouble, it was me and my brother who saved his life!
Thinking of this, I wished I could go back in time and let Ronan die back then.
I gritted my teeth and looked at him with pure hatred.
“Ronan, if I don’t drop the lawsuit, are you really going to watch Emery die in there p>
My voice was as raw as sandpaper.
Ronan instinctively looked away.
“Cora, that’s not something I can decide p>
“Liar! It was clearly you p>
Before my accusation could be completed, Ronan’s phone rang.
As if he were running from something, he quickly answered the call, then coaxed, “Cora, I’m going to see if I can pull some strings for you now. You take good care of yourself p>
With that, he abandoned me and left in a hurry.
I stood there, frozen, as tears poured down like rain.
I saw it. That call was from Juniper.
Ronan was lying to me again.
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Mark Twain