The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151 Ethan Takes a Stand

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Cassia reminded Sterling to never let anyone at the orphanage or his parents see the new phone, or they would definitely try to get their hands on it.

“Okay.” Sterling nodded obediently.

That evening, she brought Sterling back to the orphanage.

Peter had been going out of his mind with worry, leading the entire orphanage staff and children in a search that turned the place upside down and inside out, practically tearing up the floorboards.

With over 50 people at the orphanage, not a single one could find a ten–year–old boy.

Peter was so furious he nearly had a heart attack.

Left with no choice, he asked Vance to have Cassia help with the search, and in his rage, he dragged his son and daughter–in–law away from their overtime work to join in.

“That little brat is nothing but trouble!”

Sterling’s parents resented being inconvenienced. Far from feeling worried, they only grew more bitter toward their younger son.

They told Ethan not to come help search, but he insisted on looking for his little brother.

So when Peter saw Cassia walk into the orphanage with Sterling following behind her, tears streamed down his face as he launched himself at Sterling like a football player going for a tackle.

“Don’t scare him,” Cassia said calmly, extending a hand to stop Peter, who was becoming emotional.

Everyone crowded around Sterling, showering him with concern and care. Only Ethan, after confirming his brother was unharmed, walked over to Cassia and said, “Thank you.”

“Mm.”

Cassia nodded expressionlessly, then turned and walked away.

Ethan watched her disappear into the darkness, as if she had never been there at all.

Deep within the boy’s heart, a certain feeling had quietly begun to take root.

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At the hospital, Seven had completed Cassia’s discharge paperwork.

Ethan and his parents didn’t get home until late that night.

Ethan went to the bathroom to shower. Fiona couldn’t sleep and started chatting with Gary beside her.

“Don’t you think what happened today was strange?”

Gary was just about to sleep when his wife suddenly spoke up.

“Strange in what sense?”

Fiona propped herself up on her side, feeling more and more that something was off.

“Sterling has always been at that orphanage out in the backwater town. How could he suddenly end up

all the way at Sycamore Road? And Peter said he stays in his room all the time and never comes out on his own, even when called. With his severe autism, how would he have the nerve to run off by himself? All of us went looking and couldn’t find him. So how is it that Cassia just happened to be the one who did?”

Gary caught the implication in Fiona’s words.

“You mean… Cassia secretly put Sterling up to this?”

Fiona’s brow furrowed deeply.

“I’m Sterling’s mother. I’m not close with Cassia, so I shouldn’t make wild accusations. But at that orphanage, she’s the only one who can get through to Sterling.”

Gary’s expression turned grim.

Just then, Ethan finished his shower and was passing by his parents‘ bedroom door when he happened to overhear their conversation.

Ethan and Sterling were born to the same parents. They should have been treated equally and raised together..

But just because Sterling was too “ordinary,” he was cast aside by their parents. Now that he had developed autism, they had dumped him at an orphanage.

If Ethan weren’t so outstanding, maybe he would have been the one thrown away.

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And now his parents were actually saying things like this.

He pushed open the door.

Sterling’s parents heard the noise and looked toward the doorway.

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“Ethan, why aren’t you asleep yet? You have the Olympiad math competition tomorrow. Go to bed.”

Ethan stood in the doorway and said to his parents, “Dad, Mom, Cassia helped us find Sterling. If you’re not grateful, fine. But why would you say something like that? Do you have any proof that Cassia told Sterling to do this?”

The couple lying in bed immediately understood that Ethan had overheard everything.

Fiona felt embarrassed at being called out by Ethan and quickly tried to explain, “Your father and I were just guessing…”

“So you don’t have proof?”

His parents said nothing.

Ethan continued, “If you don’t have proof, then you really shouldn’t be talking behind someone’s back like that. Dad, Mom, you pay 3,000 dollars for each of my weekend literature tutoring sessions. Haven’t you ever heard of the saying, ‘He who speaks ill of others without proof speaks ill of himself“?”

Fiona hadn’t had much education and looked completely confused. But Gary was a classical literature honors graduate from a prestigious university, and he understood immediately. His expression soured.

His son was criticizing him for slandering others.

“Listen here, kid. I’m paying for your education, not for you to talk back to your parents!”

“I’m just stating facts, Dad.”

With that, Ethan turned and walked away, closing the door behind him without looking back.

He left behind Gary, whose anger had only intensified, and Fiona, who kept tugging at her husband’s sleeve and asking what that saying meant.

After Gary gave her a brief explanation, her expression turned sour as well.