Chapter 213
While Emily was having her soup, Austin told her everything that had happened during the day and night she was unconscious.
After the police found the evidence, the kidnappers finally confessed. They admitted that they were the ones who kidnapped Lydia and Emily, and that they acted alone, with no one pulling the strings.
rut. But when they realized there was no money to be made, they turned
Their original target was the Bennett Family’s heiress, so they kidnapped Emily first. their sights on Lydia instead,
After getting caught, they tried to pin the blame on Kavier and Emily, just to escape responsibility and find scapegoats,
This explanation was more convincing than anything they’d said before. After all, everyone knew how much the Bennett Family valued Lydia, and when Emily was kidnapped, the Bennett Family didn’t pay a dime.
As soon as the case was closed, everyone was just roboved and happy.
The Bennett Family and the Jenkins family could keep working together, and the Bennett Family didn’t have to carry the shame of raising a kidnapper Everyone was happy with how things turned out.
To make up for Lydia’s ruined birthday party, the Bennett Family even bought her double gifts and were already planning to throw her another birthday
bash.
It was like they’d all forgotten about Emily, who’d just recently been wrongly detained for days and still hadn’t come back.
Lucas was the only one who still remembered.
It wasn’t the birthday or the apology he owed Emily that was on his mind. But the police’s explanation for closing the case felt off to him,
Lucas was the one who first started digging into the kidnapping, so aside from the police, he knew the whole story better than anyone.
When Lucas was tracking down the kidnappers, he had a strong feeling someone was secretly helping them. And now, this was the so–called conclusion
Especially after the kidnappers got caught and tried to throw Xavier and Emily under the bus, Lucas found it even harder to believe the case was really
Lucas wanted to speak up about his suspicions, but when he looked up, he saw Lydia in the center of her family, surrounded by their love and happiness, her face glowing with pure joy.
Suddenly, Lucas found himself thinking about Emily at that birthday party.
The whole party for Lydia had been lively and full of laughter, but Emily seemed completely out of place, standing alone in a comer. There was a quiet loneliness that clung to her.
But that wasn’t the Emily Lucas remembered. Emily, in his momories, even when she was alone, always carried a gentle, peaceful aura around her.
“Lucas, what are you thinking about? Lydia’s called your name several times already,” Emma said, her arm around Lydia, who looked aggrieved. She gave Lucas a reproachful look.
Lucas snapped back to reality and noticed everyone was looking at him. He hesitated before speaking. “I just feel like there might be something else going on with this kidnapping.
“I keep thinking there’s someone else puling the strings behind the kidnappers, but for some reason, they’re not revealing anything. Maybe this was aimed at the Bennett Family, or Lydia specifically?”
Lydia almost lost her pitiful expression is this idiot seriously brain-dead?” she thought, Everything’s already settled. Why is he trying to stir up trouble
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Chapter 213
Lydia clenched her fists so tightly her nails dug into her palms, just to keep herself from losing her temper on the spot.
Her eyes were red with tears as she said, “Lucas, are you blaming me? Do you
I still suspect that I was the one who set those kidnappers on ra?”
Seeing her about to cry, Lucas Immediately panicked. “No, I didn’t mean that at all.”
Before Lucas could finish, Emma’s angry volce cut in. “Lucas, how could you say something like that about Lydia? That’s really out of line.”
Gale’s face also darkened. “Lucas, are you looking for trouble? Do you need a good lesson or something
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