Chapter592 TheDustSettled
Even long after Gwendolyn had left, Asher remained sitting on the bed, dumbfounded. His mind was
still frenziedly analyzing the matter.
Evelyn’s statement mentioned that Mom grew sick due to her fury from discovering Dad’s infidelity.
However, that’s incorrect. I was already old enough back then, and I recall clearly that Mom was ill
because of cancer, not her anger. Moreover, Mom had already learned about the existence of Evelyn
and her mother the year Evelyn was born. She understood Dad and how abundant his love was; there
was no stopping him. In addition, Mom was a career–minded woman. Divorcing Dad would only lead to
a mountain of issues, so she disregarded his matters and feigned ignorance, treating him courteously.
Evelyn was so young back then. How could she possibly be capable of doing something that cruelt
Eventually, a conclusion came to his mind.
She said it on purpose. Using Mom’s death as an excuse, she tricked Gwendolyn into the vi, wanting
to perish along with Gwendolyn. Even though she knew there was no way she could eliminate
Gwendolyn after the failure and would expose her intentions, she still pulled the trigger. Was she trying
to return my favor by resolving the animosity between Gwendolyn and me? Did she feel guilty because
she knew how horribly Gwendolyn treated me previously? Perhaps the only way I can obtain an
urate answer is by visiting her personally. However, there’s no way Gwendolyn will allow me to visit
Evelyn privately. If Gwendolyn learns of this, our rocky rtionship will only grow more turbulent. Ugh,
I’m so conflicted. Should I tell Gwendolyn the truth that I know?
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Just as he was feeling vexed, Sienna entered the room and sat beside him.
“Gwen seemed unhappy when she was leaving earlier. What did you say to upset her again?” she
queried.
Shaking his head, Asher endured the difort of his dry throat and spoke effortfully. “I was going to
ask her what Evelyn told her on the ind and share with her some of the possessions Mom left
behind. But she thought I was going to plead mercy for Evelyn and left in anger.”
“Huh?” She was dumbstruck. “Then, why didn’t you exin? Gwen’s already exceptionally bothered by
the fact that you aided Evelyn in the past. This is only worsening the misunderstanding between the
two of you.”
He coughed violently until he paled.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to exin anything to Gwendolyn; she had simply caught him off guard
with Evelyn’s statement before he could even speak his mind, thus diverting his train of thought.
Sighing, Siennamented, “Your rtionship with Gwen was finally mended significantly when you took
a bullet for her that day. Her attitude toward you already suggested that she was ready to forgive you,
yet this just had to happen. Now, there’s no telling when that reconciliation will happen.”
Asher handed Evelyn’s statement to his wife silently.
“Evelyn said she was the one who killed Mom to enrage Kiddo, but I know she never had the chance to
do so. Thest shot she fired on the ind was done for my sake.”
Cough! Cough! Cough!
Having spoken too urgently, he covered his mouth and broke out in another coughing fit. “Darling,
should I reveal the truth to Kiddo?”
Earnestly, Sienna analyzed, “There’s already an unbridgeable gap between you and Gwen. If you
defend Evelyn, she won’t believe you’re telling her the truth. On the contrary, she’ll think you’re saying
that intentionally to aid Evelyn and even suspect what transpired on the ind was something you
nned with Evelyn, that you took a bullet for her to garner her sympathy.”
Asher lowered his head quietly. He was only conflicted precisely because he feared that scenario
would y out.
At this moment, Gwendolyn doesn’t believe me at all. As long as anything that concerns Evelyn is
brought up, she’ll treat me with hostility.
After spending years together with the man, Sienna naturally understood him the most. Hence, she
advised, “Let’s assume that Gwen believes you after you tell her the truth, and she asks Cedrick to
remove this charge from Evelyn’s list of crimes. Even in that scenario, Evelyn won’t escape punishment
because she hasmitted far too many offenses and will still easily receive a life sentence. The truth
of this matter won’t affect the verdict at all.
“Listen to me, Hubby. Stop caring about Evelyn. She knew the consequences of her actions and chose
to do this to repent in prison. Besides, this is purely your spection. None of us know what Evelyn’s
thinking. If you bring this up to Gwen, you’ll only do more harm than good.”
Every word Sienna uttered was valid.
It doesn’t matter if Evelyn was the one who killed Mom. From the moment she was sent to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, her fate had already been decided. There’s nothing I can do to help her, nor
will I help her again. This is the result of her misdeeds over the years, so she has to take responsibility
for it.
For the next few days, Asher recuperated at homepliantly. Though Gwendolyn was furious, her
fury subsided significantly when she noticed that he didn’t secretly n to visit Evelyn or plead mercy
for thetter.
Two dayster, Evelyn was given the sentence of life imprisonment and was sent to prison in an
armored vehicle.
After spending nearly a week in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, she appeared fairly haggard,
especially since she was already thin, to begin with.
When her frail wrists were cuffed with heavy handcuffs, she looked exceptionally pitiful.
However, as pitiful as she might look, she didmit many heinous crimes.
Knowing that she would never leave prison for the rest of her life, the woman lowered her lifeless gaze.
There was no expression to be found on her countenance.
When she arrived at the prison entrance, she saw a few people waiting for her–Gwendolyn, Cedrick,
Asher, Sienna, Treyton, and Kieran.
Evelyn swept her gaze past everyone before her line of sightnded on Gwendolyn’s face. Beaming,
she uttered, “How nice of you to ask our family to see me off, Gwendolyn. I’m so happy.”
Gwendolyn stated in a deadpan manner, “This is thest day you’ll be known as Evelyn Harris and the
last day we’re your family. After today, your name will be stripped from the Harrises‘ genealogy.”
Evelyn’s smile stiffened slightly before she replied peacefully, “I understand. The Harrises are the
richest family in the country, after all. Having a daughter who’s sent to prison will only tarnish the family
name.”
Her gaze was affixed on Gwendolyn as she grinned menacingly. “Take good care of yourself,
Gwendolyn. Even though I won’t be able to obstruct your life any longer, I’ll pray for you in prison every
day, hoping that everything in your life will proceed smoothly.”
Gwendolyn simply eyed Evelyn coldly and grimly, not saying a word.
Thetter shifted her attention to her brothers, her sight lingering on Asher a minute longer as though
she was vaguely d.
Momentster, she was escorted toward the prison gates.
Before she went in, she raised her head and stared at the bright sun, enjoying the warmth of its ray.
“I’m afraid this will be thest time I’ll witness such wonderful weather. It’s nice that I can bid farewell to
the first half of my life with my siblings.”
Wordlessly and calmly, the Harris family watched her amble into prison.
Soon, the heavy metal gates mmed shut, forever trapping Evelyn in there to atone for her past sins.