Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) novel Chapter 1179

---- Chapter 1179 Tiana had already been urging Andrew to make a trip to the Rhodes residence.

With his current matters finally settled, Andrew made his way there.

Meanwhile, back at the Haywood residence, the funeral was underway.

The place was shrouded in whitethe last rites for Seth.

It should have been a major event, but the atmosphere among the Haywoods was lifeless.

No one looked remotely interested, and many of the younger members were outright slacking off, hiding in corners, smoking, drinking, and chatting.

Someone whispered, "Xavier's the eldest son of the Haywoods and a damn colonel in the military, yet he couldn't even bring back Andrew's head? What a letdown." Another chimed in, "No kidding.

seth got taken out like that, which is a direct slap to the Haywoods' face."" "Honestly, I've never seen our family this humiliated.

Xavier even said he'd kill Andrew within three days or take his own life.

Big talk for someone who came back empty-handed..." After just a few gulps of alcohol, the younger Haywoods started running their mouths freely, loudly, and without a filter.

---- Suddenly, a kick flew out of nowhere and sent their table flying, knocking over drinks and snacks.

The trash talkers jumped to their feet in panic.

"Uncle Jude!" "Uncle Jude, we were just chatting why'd you kick the table?" Jude Haywood, a stern-faced middle-aged man, appeared with a freezing expression.

Without a word, he slapped each of the young men across the face, one after another, until their ears were ringing and heads spinning.

"You little punks! Skipping your duties just to sit here talking crap? And who the hell gave you the guts to talk trash about Xavier?" Normally, none of them would have dared talk back to Jude.

Nonetheless, emboldened by the alcohol, their faces flushed red as they stood their ground.

One of them argued, "Uncle Jude, you can hit us, yell at uswe'll still say what's on our minds!" "Yeah! Xavier's supposed to be the face of the Haywoods, our top.

guy! But what did he do? Just made empty threats and failed to even pluck a hair off Andrew!" "seth was one of our own, and he got killed by a nobody.

You can't tell us that's not humiliating!" ---- Jude fell silent as their angry voices echoed off the walls, silently agreeing that they were not wrong.

The Haywoods had handled Seth's death with shocking meekness.

In the past, if any member of the Haywoods was bullied, revenge would be swift and brutalno questions asked.