A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 671

Toby stopped squeezing out crocodile tears the moment he heard that, shifting to block Tanya's path.

"Yeah, Dad's right."

Toby spoke with infuriating righteousness. "Tanya, you can't be so selfish."

Tanya almost laughed in pure anger at the identical, shameless expressions on the faces of the father and son standing before her.

But she couldn't laugh.

Because these two men were her blood relatives—her father and her brother.

For a moment, she could barely breathe.

She wondered what terrible sins she had committed in a past life to be cursed with such a family.

Taking a deep, steadying breath, she stopped trying to leave and turned to face Silas directly. "After working all these years, do you really not know if I have money or if I'm being stingy with this family?"

She shifted her gaze to Sheila. "If he doesn't know, you certainly should, right?"

Since she started working, she had religiously transferred thousands of dollars to Sheila every single month, without fail.

Coupled with the extra money she sent for holidays and medical expenses, it amounted to a massive sum over the years for someone with an ordinary income.

She had never once asked what that money was used for.

Sheila clearly hadn't expected her to bring this up. She looked guilty, her eyes darting away as she stammered, "Tanya, I... I definitely..."

Before she could finish, Silas nearly jumped out of his hospital bed. "What do you mean?"

He gritted his teeth and glared at Sheila. "Did this wretched girl give you money behind my back?"

He genuinely hadn't known.

That actually surprised Tanya. She never expected Sheila to have the spine to keep such a secret from Silas for so long.

Sheila tensed, wanting to deny it, but with Tanya staring her down, the words died in her throat.

Silas immediately knew the answer. He lunged forward, grabbing Sheila by the collar. "Where is the money?! How much did this wretched girl give you over the years behind my back?!"

Sheila was so startled she couldn't speak.

Silas roared, "Did you give it to some other man?! If you dare cheat on me..."

"What nonsense are you saying?!"

Sheila finally snapped, shoving him away in desperation. "I gave it all to Toby! To pay off his debts!"

"If I hadn't dumped all that money into it first, he would owe millions of dollars by now!"

Normally, anyone else would have rushed forward to break up a physical fight between their parents.

But Tanya just stood there, as cold and detached as a total stranger.