"Did he leave you here?"
Eliza pursed her lips and nodded slightly, lifting her eyes to look at Chelsea. "How did you get here?"
Chelsea didn’t have any work today, so she decided to pick up Eliza for some late-night snacks.
If she hadn’t come today, would those thugs have...
“What was Casper thinking, leaving you here? The Dive Bar is across the street, and this place is crawling with creeps. Is he out of his mind?”
Chelsea was so angry she felt knots forming in her chest. She handed Eliza a bottle of water. “Elle, don’t worry. I’ll find you the best lawyer for your divorce case. He’s the one who cheated; he’s the one who had an affair. Why should you walk away with nothing? You’ll get back what’s yours.”
Eliza didn’t care about any of that. All she wanted was to leave Casper and that house. That would be her freedom. Once she was free, her family would be too. Without the marriage bond, he couldn’t keep Robin locked up in Mercy Hospital forever, even if he had all the power in the world.
“Chelsea, I’ll transfer money to you. Can you arrange it for me?” Eliza transferred all the money she had saved up recently to Chelsea. “At least make sure Robin has it a bit easier in there.”
Chelsea knew all too well how Eliza had earned that money. How could she bear to accept it?
“Don’t worry. I’m always on the lookout for connections. Once I find the right person, I’ll take care of everything. Keep your money for now.”
Chelsea turned around, lit a cigarette, and placed it between her lips. The slender cigarette, with its rising smoke and flickering red light, deepened the intensity of her gaze.
Many times, Chelsea felt powerless. In Falconridge, the Welton family was not to be messed with, and Casper even less so. For this divorce case, she had contacted the most famous lawyers in Falconridge, but as soon as they heard it involved Casper, they all found various excuses to refuse.
So, she had to look for renowned lawyers from abroad. But that required a lot of money. Eliza didn’t have it, and neither did she.
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