Their Favoritism Resulted In A Cruel Outcome Chapter 13
“And you’re no better.”
“One of you runs a family foundation, and all three of you had the best education money can buy. Every one of you knew this was unlawful detention.”
“And you still sent your mothers, your wives, and your daughters into that place.”
“Were they family, or just property you could move around whenever it suited you?”
My father kept his head bowed.
“I am responsible for their deaths.”
James said, “I’m willing to face all the consequences.”
Luke and Henry did not deny it either.
Daniel just looked at the screen.
“What you need to face isn’t regret.”
“It’s the fact that you abused public institutions, kidnapped your own family, and let them die inside.”
The joint investigation went on for months. The butler Blair had bribed was the first to plead guilty.
He had hidden the cash in a warehouse out in the country. Blair had promised that once it was done, she would help him leave South Carolina and give him a house.
The guards also admitted that the three intruders had used the access card Blair had given them.
Her messages were still saved on one man’s phone:
*Destroy her image. Don’t kill her.*
Both the text and the account were easily verified.
Blair first claimed her phone had been used by someone else. Later, she said she had only been jealous and never meant for anyone to die.
When all the evidence pointed at her, she suddenly laughed.
“Yes, I did it.”
“But without them, could I have done any of it?”
She pointed at the men behind the glass partition.
“Connor had the fake order made. He arranged the detention center.”
“Dad and my brothers personally put all those women in the cars.”
“And now you want to pin all of it on me? Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?”
“All I did was cry a few times and cut my wrist without even going deep.”
“And you were all willing to do anything.”
She laughed until tears rolled down her face.
“You didn’t love me.”
“You just liked being needed. You liked having a girl from foster care look up at you.”
“Willa was too independent.”
“She could handle everything herself. She didn’t need you to save her.”
“So you pushed her down, then turned around and played hero for me.”
No one in the room said a word.
Because part of what she said was true.
But that did not wash away her guilt.
They had all passed that fake order from hand to hand.
Not one person who had touched it was innocent.