Chapter 541 Impossible
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“The money was taken just a few days ago. The paperwork is here, signed and marked by your mother’s hand. Not even your grandfather knew why she borrowed so much or what she planned to do with it.
“Preston, you are my son. Your sister is already hopeless. You cannot keep falling apart like this.
“You know exactly what kind of family the Bells are. Jude, Marcus, and your grandfather are already closing in. We have almost no room left to breathe.”
“This time, even if we make it out alive, we will be stripped to the bone.”
Ryan’s words cut like ice.
When he finished, he looked toward Daphne’s body.
After a moment, he turned his head away.
The weight of everything pressed on him at once, leaving him restless and drained.
He knew Jude would not strike at him while he was down.
But Marcus’s family would never waste a chance this perfect.
Inheritance and power were battles where every obstacle had to be crushed.
If Ryan stood where Marcus stood, he knew he would have pressed his rival down without a trace of mercy too.
And still, the aftermath of Sunlight Plaza loomed over him. Injured victims waited for help. Repairs had to be made. The family name and reputation needed saving. Daphne’s debts. demanded answers. Enemies watched in the dark, ready to move.
Preston and Rebecca could stay here, clinging to tears and the memory of someone who could.
not return.
Ryan could not.
If Daphne had lived, he would have forced the truth out of her without hesitation.
But now the moment was gone.
The dead could not answer, and there was no use in demanding anything of them.
Preston’s chest rose and fell hard as he fought for breath.
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Chapter 541 Impossible
When he finally came back to himself, he rushed out of the hospital room.
Ryan was already gone.
What filled Preston then was fear, and a deep guilt that burned in his chest.
“Dad… I’m sorry… I really am sorry…
Only now did Preston understand just how much Ryan had been carrying.
Daphne’s death and the ruin of Sunlight Plaza meant his holidays were gone.
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The sun climbed above the horizon.
It was half past seven.
The holiday.
Every member of the Jenson family stood outside the hospital room.
Not one left.
Not one rested.
They endured together, waiting for Blair to wake.
Russell was given permission to enter the ICU once more. He put on the sterile gown and stepped inside.
Blair’s vitals were steady now. If she lasted another twelve hours, she could be moved to a normal room.
The doctors believed she would open her eyes soon.
They told Russell to sit with her, to speak her name, to remind her of the life they had built together.
Even while unconscious, she would hear him deep inside her mind.
“You do not want to keep lying here while we all suffer in worry. The doctors said you should be waking. Blair, open your eyes. Look at me.”
The name she called was not his.
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