Jonathan’s face fell in an instant. He darted toward Walter and snatched the letter from him. Undeniably, nothing was more horrendous than the devastating truth. He swayed on his feet as though he was going to collapse at any second.
Nevertheless, that was not the worst moment for him. Franklin added fire to the flame by uttering deliberately, “Old Mr. Jadeson, let me tell you something. When Shin attempted to flee many years ago, he was worried that you would hold his letter. Hence, he posted a copy to me, asking me to pass it to his brother. Have you ever thought about the possibility that your eldest son could be the only person among all the Jadesons who knew best about Shin’s condition at that time?”
“Later, right after he was assigned by you to the front line, Charles headed straight to Avenport to finish off your daughter-in-law and her son. Were you the one who instructed Charles? If not, how could he know about their exact location in Avenport? Have you ever thought about that?” A malicious-looking Franklin added insult to injury by enunciating the words. He was indeed rubbing salt in Jonathan’s wound cruelly and stabbing his vulnerable heart constantly with his vicious words.
Unable to fight off the stabbing pain in his heart, Jonathan clutched his chest, his vision turning blurry. Due to utter breathlessness, his face gradually turned purple.
“Old Mr. Jadeson!” the Chief Prosecutor yelled out nervously; his face turned ashen. He rushed down hastily toward Jonathan, but it was too late.
Urk! Blood spurted out from Jonathan’s mouth before he wobbled and was going to collapse at any moment.
There was reverberation of squeal in the congress hall.
At the eleventh hour, a figure moved as quick as a bolt of lightning and stretched out his hands.
In the twinkling of an eye, Jonathan had landed safely in his arms.
Coincidentally, the Chief Prosecutor happened to see the person who came to Jonathan’s aid in the nick of time. He was taken aback and stammered, “M-Mr. Jadeson?”
The figure turned out to be Sebastian. All the others in the congress hall were flabbergasted and gaped at him.
Isn’t he a lunatic? How did he manage to react and come to his grandpa’s rescue in such a short span of time? Is he badly rattled after witnessing his grandpa’s pathetic state? Not only that, his uncle is the culprit who caused the tragic death of his parents!
Their heart wrenched as they thought about the series of disgruntling happenings which had befallen the Jadesons. Even so, they soon found out that things seemed to be turning the other way around.
“Take him away and call the doctor at once,” Sebastian instructed.
“Huh?” The Chief Prosecutor was stupefied.
After quite some time, he finally came to his senses. Intimidated by the utter calmness on Sebastian’s face, he nodded robotically and replied, “All right, I’ll bring him away now.
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