Thorns Grow After Betrayal (Celeste and Chester) novel Chapter 297

If the family’s finances took a dive and they ended up saddled with debt, the consequences would be unimaginable...

Celestine logged into the dark web, a corner of the internet she hadn’t touched in years.

She threw money at the problem, and that’s when the truth came out—the puppet master behind it all was the Blake family.

Lance, the Blake family’s illegitimate son, had only recently been officially recognized by them.

His return came with strings attached: one of the conditions was that he clean up Joanna’s mess.

Celestine glanced at the last message she’d received from Lance.

[Lance]: Are you okay?

At that exact moment, his IP address showed he was somewhere in Egypt.

He was smoothing the way for Joanna, all while pretending to care about Celestine.

You had to hand it to Mr. Blake—he really went above and beyond.

Celestine couldn’t be bothered to reply. She simply closed the chat.

The next morning, officers showed up at her door.

“Miss Selwyn, thank you for your cooperation. We’ll continue to verify the information you provided,” said the older of the two policemen, both dressed in crisp uniforms.

The younger one stood to the side, jotting down notes.

Although the truck driver had eventually turned himself in, there were still too many unanswered questions.

“I checked the brakes before I left, there really wasn’t anything wrong with them.” Celestine repeated her statement, worried they might miss something.

Ever since her parents’ accident years ago, she’d always been careful behind the wheel.

Except for that one time—this time—when Chester had come along for the ride.

And now, disaster.

“Detective Benson, I still think there’s something strange going on. My parents’ accident happened on almost the exact same stretch of road.”

Her voice was clear and steady.

She’d spent last night going over the details of her parents’ crash all over again.

Back then, the official report had blamed worn-out brakes for the accident.

But now, after all these years, the same thing, the same method—who was it that wanted her family dead?

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