Chapter 155: Blood Runs Thicker -2
"Is that your brother?" Ronan asked, breaking the silence that had settled in the room. He glanced at Damien, who nodded with a sigh, causing Ronan and Carson to frown deeply. They had always heard good things about this young man, so what had changed?
Evelyn hastily replayed the video, and her heart broke again as Elias appeared on the screen. It was understandable for Vincent to say such things—to curse and insult her for losing his unborn child. But Elias? Her little brother?
"He knows everything about Annabelle, doesn’t he?" Damien asked Zevian. His friend had mentioned how Evelyn had to reveal everything to Elias in the hospital when William was admitted. And even he couldn’t understand this drastic change in the one family member Evelyn had.
Zevian slowly nodded with a sigh. He reached out and gently rubbed Evelyn’s back, trying to help her cope with the betrayal.
"What the heck is wrong with him?!" Avery groaned, turning around to run a hand through her hair, her other hand on her waist in frustration. The Wright family was getting eerily weird with each passing day, and Evelyn was going through all of it when she wasn’t even a part of it to begin with. Fate was playing a cruel game with her!
"Sophia... Sophia must be blackmailing him with something," Evelyn murmured, her voice barely above a whisper. She looked at Zevian hopefully, but his doubtful expression shattered all her delusions.
"Let’s go and ask him!" Avery suggested, finding no valid reason for Elias’s behavior. He had been the best brother to Evelyn—many times, she’d envied their bond herself—and for him to target Evelyn now didn’t sit right.
"Yes!" Evelyn nodded firmly. Passing the tablet, she turned to leave, but Zevian grabbed her arm.
"This isn’t the right time, Eva," Zevian stated, against the idea of meeting any of the Wright family. They might twist it into something they could use against Evelyn in court. Though the maid’s confession letter was enough and his uncle Theodore would easily keep them away from all the trouble, they still couldn’t take risks.