Focus on Revenge A Photographer’s Killer Shot novel Chapter 36

After Alexa took a shower and changed into her new clothes, Isolde and Karina took her to the salon.

Alexa had kept her hair short in prison. Over the five years, it had grown out peppered with gray.

Isolde asked the stylist to dye it black and give her a light trim.

When they walked out of the salon, Alexa looked like a new woman.

Isolde had booked a private dining room, and just before noon, the three of them arrived at the Imperial Crown Hotel.

The private room was on the third floor. A server led the way.

Suddenly, a group of people approached from the opposite direction.

At the front was a distinguished elderly woman, exuding an air of wealth and authority.

Beside her was a younger man whose features bore a striking resemblance to Isolde’s.

Isolde frowned instinctively.

Of all people, she hadn’t expected to run into them here.

Alexa turned pale the moment she saw them, freezing in place.

Karina was just as shocked–was the world really this small?

Alexa’s first day out of prison, and she runs into them?

“Talk about bad luck,” Karina muttered under her breath. “Auntie, we’re going to have to jump over that fire again when we get home.”

Alexa kept her lips pressed tightly together, but her tense posture gave away her anxiety.

Isolde wanted to lead her mother away, to avoid a confrontation.

But the Veyra family had already noticed them.

The old Madam Veyra slammed her cane on the marble floor.

“Haelor, isn’t that the wretched woman who killed your father?!”

Haelor Veyra stared at Alexa with a venomous gaze. “Yes, Grandma. It’s her,”

“Well, well!” the old woman sneered. “I can’t even celebrate my birthday in peace! That whore actually got out of prison!”

Several members of the Veyra family behind them chimed in angrily.

“My older brother died so unjustly, and look at her! Eight years in jail and now she’s eating and drinking in fancy hotels like nothing ever happened!”

“She should’ve been executed! And it’s all because Isolde shielded her that she got away with it!”

Madam Veyra clenched her teeth. “That woman took my son from me. Don’t think eight years behind bars makes us even!”

“Don’t worry, Grandma,” Haelor said, his voice cold. “I’ll make sure my father gets the justice he deserves.”

With that, he strode toward Isolde and Alexa.

Chapter 36

Isolde’s body tensed as she stepped in front of her mother, shielding her.

“Haelor, look closely–this is your own mother,” she said, locking eyes with him, her voice firm. “If you dare lay a hand on her, I’ll fight you with everything I’ve got.”

Haelor snorted. “You’ll soon learn, Isolde–prison was the safest place she could be.”

Isolde’s chest tightened.

Behind her, Alexa trembled violently.

Haelor looked exactly like his late father, especially now, with that same cruel, threatening expression.

The memories of beatings, of fists and blood, flickered through Alexa’s mind like flashing lightning.

She clutched Isolde’s hand tightly.

Isolde felt her mother’s fear and whispered gently, “It’s okay, Mom. I’m here.”

Just then, a server pushed a food cart past them.

Haelor’s gaze landed on a bowl of steaming soup atop the cart.

He let out a cruel chuckle. “Let’s see how you protect her now.”

Before anyone could react, he picked up the bowl and hurled it toward Alexa-

“Mom! Watch out-!”

“Isolde!”

In that instant, Isolde shoved Alexa aside.

The soup splattered against the wall, but some of it had scalded Isolde’s hand–her arm hadn’t been fast enough to pull away.

A burning pain seared across her skin. Her face went deathly pale.

“Isolde!”

Alexa burst into tears, overwhelmed with guilt. “It’s all my fault. I’m so useless…”

Isolde clenched her teeth against the pain, trying to comfort her. “It’s nothing. I just need some ointment.”

Karina was absolutely livid.

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