Chapter 435
But now, for the first time, she was facing real hardship, and she was surrounded by people just waiting to kick her when she was down. It was no wonder she fell for their tricks so easily.
Egged on by this so-called confidant, she up and betrayed her husband and son, grabbed all the money, and ran off.
What she didn’t realize was that after the Bennett Family’s collapse, she and her family, useless but still sitting on a pile of shares, were just ripe for picking in a lot of people’s eyes.
As for that so-called confidant, he was nothing but a career scammer, bouncing from one online con to another for years.
After the scammer swindled Emma of all her money, he was ready to dump her and disappear. But when Emma realized who he was, she went crazy, clawing and cursing him like a madwoman.
Pushed to his limit, the scammer shoved her hard, and Emma’s head slammed right into the corner of a table. Just like that, she died on the spot.
When Gale and Lucas got the news, Gale’s condition took a turn for the worse, and Lucas was so mad he blacked out on the spot. As for what happened to them after that, nobody paid attention, and Emily couldn’t have cared less.
After all, news about the Bennett Family was just another piece of internet drama for her to scroll past. The only thing she knew was that about a year after Andrew entered St. Gabriel Reform Academy, he chose to end his life.
His body was then used by the academy for one final transaction. As for what was left of him, no one knew for sure; maybe i ended up as food for that beast lurking in the jungle.
These days, Emily was busy teaming up with Austin, each of them going after Jeremy and Calvin from different angles, slowly but surely digging up the dark secrets of St. Gabriel Reform Academy.
This whole process was a minefield. Danger lurked around every corner, and they were risking their necks every step of the way, with only the slimmest chance of actually pulling it off.
But neither Austin nor Emily ever wavered in their determination to get to the bottom of it all. Especially every time they managed to save someone who’d been sent to hellhole, they felt even more grateful for choosing this path.
And as time went on, the ranks of those willing to stand with them against the darkness continued to grow. In the blink of a eye, ten years had passed. No one knew what Emily and Austin had gone through during those ten years.
The world saw volunteers willing to risk their lives to tear through the darkness and expose St. Gabriel Reform Academy’s true face, even after surviving near-death many times, they never gave up.
The day St. Gabriel Reform Academy was shut down, Austin and Emily went to the cemetery. There were eleven graves; except for two that remained empty, all the others had headstones.
Jackson, Zack, Deborah, Ella, Mila, Alisha, Boris, Ivan, and John were free from academy labels like Stray Dog One, remembered by their real names. Emily had fulfilled all their last wishes, set up these headstones, and given their souls a resting place.
With the weight of the world off their shoulders, Austin and Emily looked visibly more relaxed, a lightness showing in their expressions. Austin took Emily’s hand, a gentle smile on his face. “So, Emily, what are your plans now?”
That question left Emily momentarily at a loss. For the past ten years, all she’d focused on was taking down St. Gabriel Reform Academy and fulfilling everyone’s last wishes; she’d never given a single thought to anything else.
She thought, ‘After all, how many decades does a person have in this life?’ Emily turned to look at the two empty graves. She
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was silent for a long time before saying. I think I just want to get out and wander for a while”
Maybe it was because, like Lydia once said, this was just a ‘novel world,” but Emily had never set foot outside of Cloudridge. And honestly, it had never even occurred to her that there was anything strange about that.
Later, her whole world shrank to fighting for Lydia’s attention and being trapped inside the tiny bubble of St. Gabriel Reform Academy. But now, she wanted to see what else was out there.
Austin understood what she was thinking and squeezed her hand even tighter. “I’ll go with you” He wanted to see what the world outside was like too; now that he was free from the Pierce family.
