Chapter 302: Favour Or Punishment?
When Talia woke up, her lips curved reflexively seeing Arthur lying next to her, deeply asleep. His hands were wrapped around her hands and there was a frown between his eyes. She gently pulled her hand and ran her index finger through his eyebrows and watched his frown disappear.
Placing a little kiss at the tip of his nose, she stood up carefully so not to disturb Arthur. It seemed like he didn’t sleep well last night and he’s dead tired.
Placing her feet on the rug, she stretched herself. After her sleep, she felt really at peace - like she was standing still on a raft in the middle of a sea. She didn’t feel abandoned, but that silence around her made her feel peaceful as her mind was clear.
She wanted to know what happened in the press meet today and searched for it in the computer and she wasn’t surprised she was trending in Esteria and Rosandale that day.
But that’s not what she wanted to learn.
Talia, as expected, found Lord Lockhart’s entire announcement and she listened to it carefully. She could see even Cyril was surprised when his father mentioned that she is not involved in the murder of Cyrus.
Talia saw how everything made sense when Lord Lockhart explained the ’findings’ if their investigation.
He said that day after seeing the short clip of Cyrus’ death, he was furious and wanted the cops to arrest her. But the cops didn’t find any residual gunpowder in her hands and the cops couldn’t find any evidence other than the video to say how Cyrus died. Lord Lockhart also talked about ’experts’ who believed that by the angle of everything, Talia couldn’t have made the shot. Someone who was standing behind her must have made the shot.
Lord Lockhart explained how she was sent in the care of Rosandale Royals, since her life was in danger by the same person who killed Cyrus. They wanted for the killer to come out in open to make sure he is caught and so Talia was used as a bait with her permission. In the end, no one expected they’d be looking for clues for ten long years. But then when Jared Cooper went after Talia once more, they were able to catch him and now they have every details. Jared Cooper hated the Brunton family and orchestrated the kidnapping of Talia when she was little, but his plans were thwarted by Cyrus and so Jared’s anger extended to Cyrus too. And that’s why Jared waited for the perfect plan and he almost won without facing any repercussion.