Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 396

Fiona's tone seemed like a gentle, motherly reprimand, but it was a calculated move to stir up Adrian's anger.

Mira finally understood where Mara had learned her uncanny ability to twist the truth and play the victim—she had clearly inherited it straight from Fiona.

Right on cue, Adrian's glare turned vicious. Just as he opened his mouth to shout, Mira cut him off.

"You think being cold is bad? At least I'm not a malicious sociopath who personally pushed her own brother off a cliff."

"What are you implying?" Fiona demanded, her eyes locking onto Mira's as if trying to read her mind.

"You know exactly what I'm implying. Oh, wait, maybe you don't. At this point, Mara probably hasn't confessed her dirty work to you yet. And she most likely doesn't even know who you really are to her."

Mira hadn't planned on exposing the truth about Fiona and Mara's biological relationship just yet.

But standing face-to-face with the two people responsible for so much of her suffering in both her past and current life, her fury boiled over.

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting? And who pushed their own brother off a cliff?" Adrian's eyes widened. How... how did she know about Mara's true parentage?

"Whether it's nonsense or not, you'd know if you bothered to look into it. Oh, right, you won't investigate. Because no matter what your little bastard child does, you'll always cover it up."

Both of them stared at Mira in stunned silence. Did she actually know the truth, or was she just bluffing?

"Mira, there is a special place in hell for people who run their mouths like that."

"Hell? You should save those warnings for your so-called goddaughter. She's going to need them if she wants to avoid a grisly end."

"You..."

Fiona's face flushed crimson with rage, but she didn't dare fire back.

Because the deeper this went, the more terrified she was of what Mira might expose next.

Just as the tension hit a breaking point, Lacey Quinn Mercer heard the commotion and stepped out of the ward. "Mira? Are you here to see Julian?"

"No. I was just passing by."

Fiona immediately latched onto Lacey's arm. "Ma'am, we just bumped into the young lady in the hallway. We were just catching up."

Since Fiona was desperate to bury the conversation, and Mira wasn't ready to pull the pin on that grenade just yet, she turned away with Silas and Jax in tow.

"Mira..." Lacey called out after her.

Mira ignored her. Sometimes, stupidity was a sin in itself, and Lacey's ignorance was worse than just mere stupidity.

As the three of them navigated through the bustling hospital lobby and stepped out into the fresh air, Silas glanced at Mira. "You practically shoved their darkest secrets in their faces. Aren't you worried they'll try to silence you?"