Lydia turned to Byron and said, “Byron, take Frank out of here. Find a private interrogation room. I want to talk to him alone.”
Byron nodded, then glanced at one of the officers nearby. “Bring Frank out.”
Two officers stepped forward and grabbed Frank by the arms, dragging him out of the cell.
Frank started panicking. He was sure Lydia would make things hard for him, maybe even torture him for a confession. He squirmed and shouted, “Lydia! I already told you it was all me! What else do you want from me?”
The other inmates, covered in tattoos, watched silently as Frank was hauled away at Lydia’s command. The room suddenly felt colder. What exactly had they just said in front of her? Regret crept in fast.
Inside the interrogation room, the lighting was harsh and cold.
Lydia sat across from Frank, her eyes sharp and unblinking. “You probably don’t know this, but Lucinda almost got kicked out of the Norwood family yesterday.”
Frank’s face changed instantly. “What?” His voice was tight with worry.
He tried to recover, forcing a scoff. “Don’t try to fool me. Lucinda grew up in the Norwood family. Why would they throw her out?”
“It’s true. She and Grace tried to set me up. I caught them.”
Frank stared at her, stunned. “What?”
The whole reason he was sitting in this cell was to help Lucinda stay in the Norwood family, so she could get her share of their fortune.
“In the end, Grace took the blame for everything. She’s here too. Haven’t you seen her?”
Frank’s nerves snapped. He spat out, “That stupid Grace! How could she mess things up so badly?”
Sure, Frank loved to gamble, but he was still a man. And what mattered most to him? His pride. In his mind, Grace was still his. Now Lydia was saying Grace was sneaking around with younger men behind his back?
Even after being apart for twenty years, hearing something like that hit him hard. It felt like Grace was making a fool out of him.
He was sitting in jail for Grace and her daughter, while she was out there living it up? The anger burned in his chest.
Lydia didn’t bother with his rage. She stood up and said, “If you don’t want to talk, that’s fine. But when you’re out of here and you’re broke, don’t come begging me for money.”
Frank’s panic showed right away. “How much can you give me?”
Lydia smirked. “I already know enough. How much do you think your information is worth?”
Frank’s eyes narrowed. “I know a secret about her, something you definitely don’t know.”

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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