The Last Time I Cried Your Name novel Chapter 509

So, even though Galen fully understood the immense burden Franco had silently carried all this time, he wouldn't dare show any sympathy to his face.

Franco was the kind of man who would strip away all his pride in front of Petty, but around anyone else, his ego was utterly impenetrable.

After leaving Harris's house, Galen drove directly to the Cabinda Institute of Pharmacology.

Franco had asked him to investigate the old lady's belongings for any traces of foul play, and Galen had outsourced the analysis to someone here.

He could guarantee her reliability to Franco for one simple reason: her name was Livia Carter.

Livia worked at the institute. She was a Ph.D. in pharmacology who spent her life surrounded by chemicals. Back in the day, Franco had even warned Galen not to push her too far, joking that Livia might just poison his food one day.

Galen wasn't worried. He knew Livia could never bring herself to kill him.

Until he turned nineteen, Livia had always treated him like a younger brother. They weren't blood-related—she had been adopted from an orphanage by his parents—but she had always been good to him.

They were only a year apart, but he had never once called her "sister." From the beginning, he had always just called her Livia.

It wasn't until he forcefully crossed that line and took her that "Sister" became his favorite twisted, mocking pet name for her.

The elevator dinged, pulling Galen out of his memories. He stepped in and hit the button for Livia's laboratory floor.

Outsiders weren't allowed up here, but Galen was the head of the Carter Family and Livia's relative. The security guards downstairs had seen him a million times and had respectfully escorted him to the elevator.

Livia had been locked in the lab for two days straight, refusing to go home.

She was still furious over the fact that he had tried to take her right in front of her ex-boyfriend.

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