Chapter 279: Defending Cyrus
Lord Lockhart was observing every move of Talia, since she entered the room. He could see how stressed she is and he knew why it was.
She has a lot to to handle for an incident that happened and was beyond her control.
He served in the military and interrogation was his special skill and still the police department consult him in complicated cases. He knew what goes through the mind of someone in front of him.
This one in front of him, used to seem uncaring, because she was. She was a child - a child adored by many and she needed not to care for anything.
But now... He could see how broken she is inside.
This child - This child who killed his firstborn. This child who is also the only daughter of his beloved wife’s best friend, the granddaughter of his old friend the only person his eldest son loved as much as he loved his mother and also probably the only girl who truly loved him too.
" I’m not going to beat around the bush, Talia. You say you feel guilty. If so, tell me... If that situation presented itself to you once more... If you see my son kneeling in front of you once more, begging to kill him, what would you do? What do you think you’d have done differently so that you won’t feel guilt?" Lord Lockhart asked.
Talia looked at the man in front of her with his eyes trained on her like a predator that had marked its prey. He seemed emotionally detached as he was questioning her. He said ’his son’, but she didn’t feel any emotional connection when he said that. He just seemed like an interrogator, stating facts.
And he believes that Cyrus begged me to do it?