Chapter 111

GENERAL POV

His brows furrowed, and then he threw his cuffed hands up in a theatrical display of innocence.

“And why would I do that? Isabella, won't you look for your rat in the right places for once? Must it always have to be anyone bearing your enemies’ surname?”

The murmurs among the board grew louder, faces now turning in unison toward Isabella.

Robert’s face tightened, but he pressed on, his voice lifting in an insincere plea.

“How can you accuse me of all this when there’s someone else in this same hospital who had every reason to hurt you? Someone who treated you like trash, threatened vengeance, and now you wake up to point at me? Do you hate us Langstons that much?”

The room fell silent, the weight of Robert’s words hanging like a fog.

Even the officers stood still, watching with arms crossed.

But Isabella barely flinched.

“So who did it then... Dr. Langston?” She asked with a mocking shrug, her voice soft but cutting through the stillness like a blade.

Robert chuckled, th