Ms. Escape Marrying to Run Fighting to Rise novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372 Who Let Her In?

The orphanage poisoning incident left only two children from Jeremy’s original selection: Justin and Susan.

On the day Jeremy made his selection, Justin had been crying the whole time. His younger brother was gone because of the incident, and he could not bring himself to take part in the adoption selection.

Susan had handed him a piece of candy, trying to comfort him and persuade him to eat it.

But Justin could not bring himself to cat the candy. Instead, he ran out to the backyard and placed it on the swing where his brother used to play.

He sat there, zoning out and thinking about his brother, when a stray kitten came by and ate the candy. The kitten had barely made it a few steps before collapsing, blood coming from its mouth.

Back then, Justin was only about eight or nine years old. He stared in shock at the scene, suddenly realizing that Susan’s candy was poisoned.

Justin did not look back. He ran off to report what happened to the orphanage director, Lydia. She trusted Justin and was sure it had to be Susan who poisoned the candy, but there were no cameras at the time, so there was no evidence.

Susan shot Justin a venomous glare, her eyes full of hatred.

Even at such a young age, she was already vicious.

When Jeremy arrived at the orphanage, Susan acted perfectly well–behaved. But in the end, Jeremy still picked Justin–because Susan had tried way too hard.

Jeremy had seen enough in his life to recognize someone putting on an act. Susan was clearly just performing, while Justin was exactly how a young boy his age should have been.

Once the Bartons decided to adopt Justin, Susan’s looks grew even colder and more resentful.

She told Justin, “I will find you, and then I will destroy everything you have.”

After Justin left the orphanage, he did not hear about Susan for many years. When he finally returned as an adult to visit the orphanage, he learned that Susan had died.

She had died in a fire years before.

That fire had burned every document and file the orphanage ever had.

It had also killed Lydia and a few other children.

At the time, Justin suspected Susan was behind it all, so he started a secret investigation into her.

But for years, there were no leads.

It was not until Curtis, while investigating the Gills, accidentally discovered that the Gills‘ daughter, Maggie, was actually Susan, who had been adopted years ago.

She’s vengeful. She’s determined to ruin me. Once Adriana inherits the Barton Group, I’ll choose to leave. Justin told Curtis he could not stay with Adriana for now.

If it were just Susan, he would not be worried, but Susan was working with the Gills. The Gills might very well be the masterminds behind everything that happened to the Lincolns, the Bartons, and the Harrisons all these years.

“Let’s team up and get rid of the Gills first,” Curtis told Justin to team up with him.

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