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Chapter 1031
The policeman said to Hank coldly, “Don’t do anything rash, you hear me? I’ll be right outside. If you hurt the victim
again, it’s going to make things worse for you!”
Hank nodded and sat down on a chair that was somewhat far from the bed.
Louise looked at him and remembered how they had lived together for the past few years.
In truth, she was quite happy with him. But what happened hurt her too much.
“What do you want to talk to me about?”
Hank couldn’t face Louise and said with his head hung low, “I told you about how Esme had changed her identity by
changing her physical appearance.”
“Yes,” Louise said coldly. “I didn’t tell anyone else.”
Hank quickly held his head up high and said, “I know that you hate me right now, but she’s my only daughter! I
don’t want anything else to happen to her!”
Louise gritted her teeth. “So, you take the blame for the crime she committed.”
“I have no choice. I owe her that. I didn’t protect her last time because of Chuck. So, this time
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“They said that they saw you choke our son. Is that true?” While Louise saw the video clip, she still wanted to ask
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthim one more time.
Hank was stunned. He held his head in his hands, as the cold steel from the handcuffs lay on his forehead. He
became even more confused.
“I don’t know what happened either. I lost my memories of what happened that day. I didn’t know when they pulled
me away. I couldn’t believe it too when I woke up in the hospital…
Louise stared at him without saying a word.
She didn’t know if she should believe him.
“Maybe… Maybe I was suffering too much at the time and I lost control of my emotions. That was probably why I
hurt our son. I’m sorry, Louise. I didn’t know that it would turn into this.” Hank was feeling very regretful about what
happened.
Louise looked at him numbly and asked, “Are you still doubting me and my son?”
Hank shook his head. “It’s Esme. I knew that it was her the moment I saw her.”
“You knew how vicious your daughter is, but you still took the fall for her.” Lawrence’s tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Is it worth it?”
Hank held back his tears and said with eyes red, “She is my daughter. It has nothing to do with whether or not she’s
worth it.”
“Aren’t you afraid that she’ll lose control after this?” Louise smiled at him mockingly. “Aren’t you worried that she’ll
take it all out on us once you’re in prison?”
Hank was stunned.
When Louise saw his reaction, she could feel the chill in her bones spreading.
“Take care of your daughter, then. I’ll give the money back to you but I’m keeping the house and the car. I need to
take care of my son.”
Hank quickly said, “I didn’t ask you to return the money.”
“I don’t want to have anything else to do with you. Consider the car and house your alimony. When you get out in
the future, it’s up to him whether or not he still wants to acknowledge you as his father. If he’s not willing to, don’t
force him.”
Louise then looked away as she lay in bed. She didn’t even want to look at him again.
She had thought about this for a long time. She didn’t know love when she was little, and he gave her all the
fatherly love she lacked when she was little.
She was captivated. She lost her way.
If she could turn back time, she wouldn’t do it again.
She wanted to be like a normal woman and date a young man. She would have an engagement and a wedding. She
wouldn’t accept anything less.
All she wanted to do now, and in the future, was live for her son.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Louise, can you forgive me?” Hank asked.
“I’m sorry. That’s not possible,” Louise said before pausing for a moment. “If you regret your decision, you could
tell the police at any time. I’ll work with you. But if you refuse, I won’t say anything to the police.”
Hank was at a loss.
He didn’t know whether it was right or wrong for him to take the blame for his daughter’s mistakes.
“Reflect on it. Once the court has reached a verdict, there’s no turning back,” Louise said as she quietly wiped the
tears off her eyes.
After Hank was brought away, Louise didn’t tell the nurse to bring her son back. Instead, she grabbed her phone
and called Fia despite the pain.
Fia had just gotten out of Conrad’s car and was about to return home.
When she saw it was Louise, she immediately picked up.
“Hello? Louise?”
When Louise heard Fia’s anxious voice, she asked, “I could see that you had something to tell me just now. But you
didn’t have the courage to say it with my son around.”
Fia bit her lips and said, “The reason that my uncle choked your son… I believe it’s because Esme had used some
kind of hallucinogen on him.”
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