The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 1024

“The only way to prove her innocence is if she comes back to life.”

Come back to life… That was impossible.

Steven sat there, lost in thought. He’d seen all the news online. Normally, if anyone posted anything negative about Charlotte, it would be wiped clean in no time. But this time, both the Gates and Blair families were totally quiet. No statements, no visits, nothing. Nobody even came knocking to start trouble.

Was it really like Elizabeth said? Did the families have no evidence to clear Nora’s name, so they just stayed silent and let it happen? Steven frowned, feeling uneasy. Something about it just didn’t add up, but he couldn’t quite figure out what.

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At the Gates family home, Samantha and Kevin, who were in on the truth, sat with Donald, Roger, and Kenneth. The five of them tried to figure out how on earth they should break it to Robert that his daughter, whom he’d mourned for over twenty years, was suddenly alive. Not just alive—she was coming home with her husband.

Samantha looked at Kenneth. “Kenneth, maybe you should do it?”

Immediately, Kevin, Donald, and Roger all turned to stare at Kenneth.

Kenneth still had a faint bruise on his cheek. He met their eyes and instantly backed away, looking genuinely spooked. “Why is it, whenever there’s good news, nobody thinks of me, but the second there’s a risk of getting beaten up, I’m first in line?”

Nora had always been a forbidden subject in the Gates house. For years, nobody dared say her name in front of Grandpa. If Kenneth brought it up, he wouldn’t just get smacked with a stick. He’d probably get chased with a knife.

“No way. Not happening.”

Roger slid his hands into his pockets and looked up, his pale, sharp face calm. “Nora and Lottie are getting dragged through the mud online, and Anthony told us not to interfere. He must want them to come back and handle it themselves. We might as well show Grandpa a video first. Seeing her on screen will be a lot less of a shock than seeing her walk through the door.”

Kenneth was the first to nod. That was classic Kenneth—he always understood people. Maybe it was all that time working as a medical examiner, always reading people and situations.

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