From Ashes of Scandal to His Embrace (Laurinda) novel Chapter 235

Laurinda skimmed through the report Adolphus handed her, then shot him a sharp look.

“How many years do you think Fabian would get with this?”

“I can file a medical report,” Adolphus replied, his tone calm. “Intentional severe injury is at least twenty years. If I pull a few strings, thirty won’t be a problem.”

He reached out and took her hand, his palm warm around hers.

“If you want, we can make sure he suffers before he goes away. I’ll deal with the Gates family. They won’t dare meddle in this.”

The Gates family’s overseas company had already been shorted. Their only shot at a comeback was to use the money from their partnership with Frostfrod. If Finn tried to touch those funds, the people at Frostfrod would ruin him completely. Keeping Finn in check would be easy.

“Finn isn’t so easy to handle. For the family’s reputation, he’ll put up a fight. I don’t want Fabian to have another chance to stir up trouble, but I don’t want him to die quickly, either. My people want to send him to Harrisburg.”

Laurinda laid out her plan. Harrisburg, known as the City of Death, was a place no one ever came back from. Years ago, Finn had sent Grant there, and no one had heard a word about him since.

Adolphus knew all about Harrisburg. He looked at Laurinda in surprise, not expecting her to have those kinds of connections.

“That could work. Are you sure Finn can’t reach that far?”

“He shouldn’t be able to. What, you think Fabian’s some kind of cockroach who can’t be killed? If he is, we’ll just break him first, then send him in.”

Laurinda didn’t think Fabian was that lucky. If he somehow crawled out of there alive, she might even respect him for it… before dealing with him herself.

“Let’s do it your way. If you need anything from me, just say the word. I told you, I can handle whatever comes.”

Sam’s face lit up at her promise.

FarrVector was the talk of Cabinda’s tech world, and plenty of companies were desperate for any news about them. Sam’s family, the Bill Group, hoped that being close to Laurinda and York would give them a shot at working with FarrVector before anyone else.

Driving away, Sam waited at a red light and spotted Adah getting out of a car, with Aggie and Lawrence right behind her.

He’d heard a bit about what was going on in Cabinda. Bagot and Aileen had gotten divorced, and both Aggie and Lawrence had been kicked out of the Charles family. Still, why was Adah with those two?

Sam was curious, but he had no intention of getting involved with the Charles family business. As long as they stayed out of his way, he wasn’t going to bother with them.

He hit the gas and drove off, while Adah led Aggie and Lawrence into the bus station.