She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 369

Herbert stared at Sylvie in utter disbelief, then slowly turned his head to look at Hulda standing next to Officer Coleman. Meeting Hulda's lethally cold gaze, he felt every muscle in his body lock up. His lips parted, but his throat seized entirely, leaving him completely speechless.

He snapped his gaze back to Sylvie, his voice turning deadly dark. "What exactly did you see at Director Chambers's house that night? Who *really* broke that trophy?"

Cold sweat glistened on Sylvie's forehead. Her hands trembled violently at her sides as she looked at Herbert, stammering out a pathetic, unconvincing defense. "No, I swear I wasn't trying to frame Miles... Don't listen to those voicemails, Miles is just lying..."

But before Herbert even had to respond, the surrounding crowd absolutely lost it.

"First she claims the audio is fake, then when a cop literally proves it's real, she pivots to saying the kid is lying! This woman's got a lot of nerve!"

"The poor kid is in surgery right now! You think a child that young would have the guts to run away into the night if he wasn't legitimately terrified?!"

"Exactly! Hearing him cry for his mom and saying he was going to die... it breaks my heart."

The crushing weight of the public's outrage piled onto Sylvie like massive boulders.

Her breathing turned ragged as she glared defensively at the crowd. "Shut up, all of you! This is our family's private business! If you don't know the facts, keep your mouths shut!"

"Sylvie Sinclair!" Cora's deranged, ear-piercing shriek suddenly ripped through the air.

Sylvie flinched violently, all the color draining from her face as she looked at Cora, whose eyes were literally bulging with rage. "Cora... Cora, you know me... I swear I didn't frame him... I have no idea why he would say those things, I—"

*SMACK!*

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