Chapter 543: New Pawn


    “They confessed. It‘s all in this video. How do you want to do this?” Ethan slid the sh drive in front of


    J.


    “I couldn‘t care less about Jeff, but I know that my parents still care about L. I want to talk to them


    first.” J was hesitant. She didn‘t think it was a good idea to put L behind bars without consulting


    her parents first.


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    Upon hearing this, Ethan‘s expression darkened. He reached for J‘s hand and said softly but firmly,


    “I respect that, but you shouldn‘t be asking your parents for their opinion. You should just be informing


    them about what l has done. I‘m not going to let her go this time, honey.”


    Unlike J, Ethan wasn‘t as indecisive. He sent the video directly to the Whites. When Johanna


    watched the video, she was furious.


    “I raised her for twenty years, but this is what I get in return? A criminal? How dare she do something like


    this?!” Even Beal gave up on his former daughterpletely. What she had done this time was simply


    too despicable for words. He rubbed his temples and sighed, “Do whatever you want with her. She has to


    be punished. She is no longer a member of the White family. Whatever she has done has nothing to do


    with us.”


    After Jeff and L were brought to court, they were sentenced to jail. The Gillian family was poor, so they


    couldn‘t hire a goodwyer for L and Jeff. And even if they did have the money, they had offended


    Brandon Larson. Nowyer in Barnes would be willing to take their case.


    As if that wasn‘t bad enough, the Gillian family‘s small grocery store was in shambles. A group of thugs


    kept showing up at the store and made a scene, which forced them to shut down the business. Glenn


    and Eva couldn‘t get Jeff out of prison and had no means of livelihood in Barnes.


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    Unbeknownst to everyone, Charis had been living in Barnes this whole time. Even her parents thought


    that she was traveling abroad. She hadn‘t made any movestely.


    After all, Ethan had almost found her out after the parachute incident. Luckily, she reacted quickly to get


    rid of L‘s coach in time. Although the woman didn‘t die in the end, she could never talk again as a


    vegetable. Now, she knew she had to lie low. But lying low didn‘t mean she couldn‘t keep a close eye on


    Ethan‘s and J‘s movements.


    What had unfolded recently was really interesting. It never urred to Charis that L would be expelled


    from the White family so soon. She had been the Whites‘ daughter for over twenty years after all. What


    surprised her more was that very soon after L joined the Gillian family, she conspired against J


    with her brother.


    And now, Ethan had put the two siblings behind bars for good. Charis had no pawns left. She had never


    thought that L would be this stupid. If she had continued to work with her, she might‘ve gotten her own


    ass in trouble, too. Jeff, on the other hand, had piqued Charis‘s interest. He looked like a reckless fool


    who would do anything for money. Charis felt that she had found a new pawn. At first, she had had no


    hope for the Gillians, but now it seemed it was necessary for her to drop by Barnes‘ Prison.