My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 1093

Andrew’s eyes looked a little lost, his expression almost distant.

Emily didn’t react, her voice steady. “Isabella Austin’s trial is tomorrow.”

“I know,” Andrew said.

Emily glanced at him, her tone calm. “The case is moving fast. Was that your doing?”

Andrew met her gaze and held it. “And if I said it was? What would you think?”

She tried to keep her voice level. “Why are you doing all this?”

He paused. His eyes seemed to darken. “Are you upset about it?”

Emily wasn’t sure how to answer.

Isabella Austin had crossed every line. Emily felt nothing for her, not a shred of sympathy or regret. Dealing with her had been easy, almost cold. But Andrew… that was different.

She remembered everything he’d done, how much she’d hated him, how she’d once wanted to get back at him. So why did he save her? Why did he keep stepping in, over and over again, especially with Isabella’s case?

He wasn’t all bad, but he wasn’t good either. Everything between them was a mess, impossible to sort out. Her need for revenge wasn’t as sharp as before, but there was no way she could ever just forgive and forget.

She turned to look at him. His hand rested on the bed, pale against the sheet, the mark from the IV standing out starkly.

Her eyes softened for a second. Finally, she said, “Thank you.”

Andrew shook his head. “You don’t need to thank me. This was something I had to do. It’s not really about you.”

She asked, “Will you be at the trial tomorrow?”

He shook his head again. “I’ve got work. I can’t make it.”

Behind her, Andrew lifted his head, his eyes following her, dark and unreadable.

The trial for Isabella Austin started right on schedule. Emily and Tristan Davis were both there in the courtroom.

The lawyer hired by the Austin family was aggressive. He tried every angle to find holes in the prosecution’s case, arguing that everything Isabella did was out of impulse, not malice, that she was sorry, that she had tried to make up for it with money and property.

It was true. Rose Ward had accepted money and a house from Isabella.

That alone might have helped Isabella get a lighter sentence.

But Rose Ward’s lawyer, the one Emily had found, was just as tough. She stayed calm under pressure, pulling out evidence that Rose had been threatened and manipulated. She showed that Rose only took the money because she needed to help her grandmother get treatment.

The evidence was clear. Isabella had threatened Rose again and again, all to get her hands on that piano piece. If Rose didn’t agree, Isabella would make sure her grandmother was denied care, even bragging that no hospital would take her in.

There was more. Rose’s lawyer presented a stack of evidence, including testimony from Matthew Ross and his brother Cynthia. It was enough to prove this was no accident. The whole thing was carefully planned and complicated. Isabella knew exactly what she was doing, and she’d been working on it for a long time. No one could argue with that.