NovelFastChapter 1096
On the way back from the hospital, Evadne found herself replaying Thaddeus's words in her mind-the promises
they'd made, the pact sealed with a handshake. A storm of emotions swirled inside her, impossible to nor
untangle.
She gazed out at the snow swirling past the car window, tears glimmering at the corners of her eyes. In a voice
barely more than a whisper, she murmured to herself, “Evadne, he cto find you of his own accord. He
agreed to your request—that's more than enough, isn't it? You don't have the right to act spoiled in front of him
anymore... it's tto be content with what you have."
Jason watched her through the rearview mirror as he drove, noticing how lost and hollow she looked. His heart
ached with sympathy.
Just being apart from him was enough to turn her world upside down.
If Thaddeus truly left this world for good... Evadne's life would shatter beyond repair.
Maybe, after all they'd suffered, simply letting Thaddeus live on was the best fate the universe could offer them.
Even if it was such a bitter consolation.
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"Ms. Evadne, it's getting late. Why don't we skip going back to the foundation and take you hto rest?
There's still a mountain of work ahead for the EImsworth A5 project." Jason's voice was gentle, tinged with
concern as he glanced at her pale face.
A shadow passed over Evadne's brow, but her mind was already elsewhere. "Jason, | need you to look into
someone for me."
"Of course. Who is it?" Jason responded at once.
"Twenty years ago, there was a girl named Nora working as a maid at Windermere Estate, taking care of my
grandfather. Her mother's last nis Cooper-she still lives in ElImsworth."
In an instant, Evadne set aside her private sorrow and regained her usual cool composure. "This girl-Nora-was
killed by Chad twenty years ago. But the exact circumstances and cause of death were never clear. | think it's
twe got to the bottom of this. We need to know everything."
The news hit Jason like a thunderclap. "You're tellingChad was involved in a murder when he was just a kid?
What is he, skind of demon spawn?"
Evadne gave a cold, mirthless laugh. "Who would have guessed? He always coff so refined, so charitable. If
I hadn't witnessed it myself at the cemetery, | wouldn't have believed it either-not in a million years."
"To think someone could hide who they are so well." Her voice was bitter. "He parades around as a savior, living
under the sroof as Thaddeus... Doesn't that terrify you?"
A shiver ran down Jason's spine as Chad's gentle, scholarly face flashed through his mind. "Terrify me?
Absolutely."
"That's why we have to investigate this thoroughly. Legally, a murderer should pay the price, even if Chad was
underage at the time. That's no excuse to escape justice."
Evadne closed her sharp almond eyes, taking a steadying breath. "And personally if he ever shows his true
colors and threatens Thaddeus, we need something to hold over him. It could be the only way to protect
Thaddeus when it matters most."
Jason couldn't hide his admiration for her. The Evadne of today was far more calculating and composed than the
passionate young woman he once knew.
Suddenly, a thought struck him and he blurted out, "Ms. Evadne, if Chad had it in him to kill at fourteen, that
means he's stone-cold at his core."
Evadne's reply was calm, her gaze sharp with reason. "Doesn't his behavior remind you of his uncle Mason? And
remember what Alva said-Chad tortured animals when he was young Looking back t almost seems inevitable
he'd move on to killing people."
Jason stared in disbelief. "But hurting animals... and murdering someone? Isn't
that a whole different level?"
"In the end, both acts show a ruthless disregard for life-a complete lack of respect for the living."
Evadne shook her head, a heaviness pressing on her chest. "If he could torture animals without a second
thought, it was only a matter of tbefore that lost its thrill—and he turned his cruelty on people. That's how a
lot of serial killers start, both here and abroad."
"Ms. Evadne, what | don't get is-how could someone so disturbed end up as Thaddeus's savior?"
Jason finally voiced the questiomet
that had been ghaving at him.
cold blooded guy like Chad, stepping in to save his own half-brother at a life-or-death moment? Doesn't that fly
in the face of everything we know about him?"
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