Chapter 372
If Cole had not been weighed down by age and sickness, he would have seen right through Evangeline and Walter’s petty schemes in a heartbeat.
Yale had to admit, he was seeing Cole’s smarts in a while new light.
However, Cole was no rookle. His mind might get foggy, but he was not totally out of it.
One thing was crystal clear to Yale: If Evangeline did not show up immediately, Cole’s imagination would run wild.
The mess unfolding before them would not hold up under the slightest poke. If Cole got wind of Walter chasing skirts while Evangeline was expecting, it would probably send him to an early grave.
Thus, Yale nudged Evangeline to head home.
Then again…
“Evie, you’re your own person now. We can’t call the shots for you. Just say the word, and I’ll get you wherever you need to go..
“We’ve got a half–hour till the fork in the road. No pressure–just think it over…”
Yale fell silent. Holden, sharp as ever, caught on to their drift without another word.
Evangeline’s gaze drifted to the blur of streets zipping by, sinking into a sea of thoughts.
Should she… make the trip back? Could she keep up the charade of a happy marriage with Walter?
While the car was a bubble of quiet, Walter’s place was a circus–screams, groans, curses, and gasps all clashing in a wild ruckus.
In the master bedroom, Walter stood stiff as a board, his proud head lowered in a way it never had before.
Trey sat ramrod straight in his chair, a storm brewing in his eyes. Thomas, hands clasped behind him, stood guard, his face a mask of mixed emotions as he watched the drama unfold. The other bodyguards hung back, silent as shadows, careful not to breathe too loudly and fan the flames of their boss’s wrath.
“Walter, is there… anything you want to say?”
Trey lifted the cane, its surface bristling with thick spikes. However, his strength faltered, and he had to stop the punishment he was doling out to his grandson. Gasping for breath, he seized the moment to ask in a deep, heavy voice.
The contrast between the two was stark: One strong, the other vulnerable.
It would have been easy for Walter to turn the tables, even with Trey’s cane looming over him.
However, he did not.
By some twist of fate, he merely followed Minnie to the villa to check things out, only to become the spectacle for a crowd.
His reclusive grandfather had shown up unexpectedly. Even Evangeline and her uncles were there, seeing everything with crystal clarity.
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He had no real intentions toward Minnie, sitting on the bed was just to appease her. He had no inappropriate thoughts about that woman at all, so how could he possibly do something that would betray Evangeline?
However, as the family elders converged, and Evangeline, the supposed victim, arrived, they caught him and Minnie ‘red–handed‘ in bed. He was accused without a chance to explain.
“There’s nothing to say, Grandpa. If you want to hit me, go ahead.” Walter’s lips were a tight line, his face. set in a cold mask as if he was not the one about to take the blows.
He was not invincible, of course. It was going to hurt. However, all Walter could think about was Evangeline’s careless expression as she walked away.
If she did not care, why should he bother explaining?
“Fantastic!” Trey bellowed, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he spat out what sounded like a compliment.
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