Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 256

It was a long-lost sense of security.

He wasn't the one she was waiting for.

But right now, this was salvation.

She gripped the collar of Elliot's shirt, her knuckles turning white.

Finally, after being stretched to her absolute limit, she fainted dead away.

Elliot carried Grace out of the room.

Every step felt incredibly heavy.

The person in his arms was as light as a feather.

How much had she suffered all this time?

How did the once-brilliant Grace, who commanded respect in the lab, become this broken version of herself?

Damien. That bastard.

If he were here, Elliot really might have shot him.

By the door, the young officer was dragging Calder out like a sack of potatoes.

Calder was still struggling.

"Let me go! I didn't do anything wrong!"

"That's my wife!"

"Smack!"

The young officer slapped him on the forehead again.

"Behave yourself! Who's your wife? She's the victim!"

"She's a highly educated professional from Jarrow City. You think she'd ever look at a pig like you?"

Calder saw stars and finally shut his mouth.

Outside, the scene in the yard was even more chaotic.

Dozens of banquet tables had been overturned.

Leftover food was strewn everywhere.

The town chief, Edmund, was currently being held down by two special police officers, his face pressed into the greasy mud.

His formal jacket, a symbol of his authority, was torn and askew.

"It's a misunderstanding! Officers!"

Edmund Fenwick was still yelling.

"This is a mistake! We were just celebrating a wedding!"

"That's my daughter-in-law! Her grandparents approved it!"

They were surrounded by a crowd of gawking villagers.

Many were still holding their dinner plates, grease still clinging to the corners of their mouths.

"I'll arrest you all for obstruction of justice!"

The villagers shrank back in fear, not daring to make another sound.

Elliot carried Grace through the crowd toward the police car parked on the road.

His expression was terrifyingly dark.

As he passed Edmund Fenwick, Elliot paused.

He looked down at the man who had been the local tyrant of this village his entire life.

"Daughter-in-law?"

Elliot let out a cold laugh, thick with scorn.

"Drugging, false imprisonment, human trafficking."

"Is that what you call a daughter-in-law?"

"Mr. Fenwick, where's your sense of duty? Your respect for the law?"

"Did you feed it to the dogs?"

Edmund Fenwick was speechless.

He never imagined that the frail-looking woman had such powerful connections.

Powerful enough to mobilize the city's criminal investigation department directly!

If he had known... if he had only known, he wouldn't have been so greedy for a pretty face!