Chapter 5 - The Question That Terrified EveryoneAdrian faced the guests instead of Victoria.
His voice remained calm.
"Did anyone here see my mother threaten anyone?"
No one answered.
He asked again.
"Did anyone see Isabella strike twice?"
More silence.
Judge Collins shook her head.
"Only once."
"And only after she recovered the cane."
Adrian nodded almost imperceptibly.
Every detail mattered.
He turned back toward Victoria.
She tried to recover her confidence.
"This has all been exaggerated."
"I was only taking the cane."
Eleanor suddenly gripped Adrian's sleeve.
Her fingers trembled violently.
She whispered something so quietly only Adrian could hear.
His expression changed.
Not into anger.
Into disappointment.
A disappointment so deep it seemed older than the evening itself.
Victoria noticed it immediately.
Her stomach tightened.
Whatever Eleanor had just revealed...
...was something Adrian had never expected to hear.
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And for the first time that night, Victoria understood she was no longer fighting a maid.
She was about to face the judgment of the only man who truly controlled the Harrington legacy.
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