บททั้งหมดของ Second Chances Don't Come Easy: บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Geneva was already pissed at the fact that Mitchell had lectured Annie. When she saw Russell getting in trouble because of Mitchell, she couldn't hold herself back any longer."Mom, how could you be so biased? Mitchell was the one who—"Before Geneva could finish complaining, Russell cut her off immediately. "That's enough! Shut up!"Geneva didn't know anything about Russell's background. From the way she saw it, she felt that Gertrude was being awfully biased.Gertrude had always been positively biased toward Jerome's family. Heck, she even cared more about Janice, who had already married.Why was Russell always getting the worst treatment? Was it because he was the youngest of the bunch? Did he not deserve to be treated the same way?Geneva wanted to defend Russell. Little did she know that her words ended up stabbing Russell right where it hurt.After all, Russell wasn't Gertrude's actual son. In fact, his existence would always be a huge stain in her life. Gertrude would alw

The Warners had never cared much about Sophie, who had been adopted into the family. They had never thought of her as brave.Not everyone possessed enough courage to block an attack for others, much less a defenseless woman like Sophie.Regardless, Sophie's antics earned everyone's admiration.At the same time, everyone understood the reason why Mitchell wanted Russell to apologize to Sophie.Russell was the one who had goaded the families into causing a ruckus at Warner Enterprises. As a result, one of the people had injured Sophie by stabbing her.All in all, Mitchell wanted Russell, the perpetrator, to apologize to Sophie, the victim."Mitch, is that true?" Gertrude asked in an icy voice while shooting a sharp look at Russell.Even though she had heard from Mitchell about how Sophie had blocked the attack for him, she'd had no idea that Russell was the mastermind behind the incident. Now that she had learned the truth, she wanted nothing more than to tear Russell apart, lim

But it seemed like Mitchell couldn't hear Russell well. "What did you just say?"Russell gritted his teeth before repeating, "I'm sorry."Clearly, Mitchell refused to accept the half-assed apology. "To think that a full-fledged adult like you doesn't even know how to apologize, Uncle Russell.""You!"Russell knew very well that Mitchell was making things difficult for him on purpose. He glanced at Donald and the other Warners, who pretended like they hadn't witnessed the exchange. Then, he looked at Gertrude, who sat in the main seat.That was when Russell knew that none of those people would defend him in front of Mitchell today.He did his best to suppress his humiliation as he said, "I'm sorry."Mitchell asked, "Who are you apologizing to?"However, Geneva could no longer tolerate the sight of Russell getting humiliated in public. "That's enough, Mitchell! You—"Russell quickly stopped her. All traces of reluctance faded away instantly as he shot up to his feet and turned

If Annie were to call for help at this time, everyone would know that she was the one who had shoved Sophie into the pond.She would become a murderer!She didn't want to go to jail and be labeled as a murderer.No! No one must find out about Sophie's demise!Annie took a step back abruptly. "No… D-Don't blame me… I didn't mean to do this… T-This is all your fault for being unlucky…" she mumbled hazily.Finally, Annie gritted her teeth before fleeing from the scene.A few moments after Annie's departure, a figure walked out from the shadows.…Sophie woke up in the hospital the next day.She groaned as she studied her unfamiliar surroundings. It took her a few precious minutes to realize that she was in a hospital room.After that, memories of what had happened prior to her losing her consciousness came rushing into her mind.Annie Warner!Sophie sat up immediately, only to feel a pair of hands pressing her down."Don't move." Mitchell's deep voice boomed from above her

Mitchell answered, "It was Hadden."Sophie was shocked. "He's my savior?""He claimed he 'accidentally' caught sight of you drowning, so he saved you," Mitchell explained.Sophie didn't know if she was just imagining it, but she felt like Mitchell had emphasized the word "accidentally".She glanced at him, noting his neutral expression. Nothing seemed off about him. Perhaps she was just overthinking it.Sophie was quick to forget all about it. In the end, she never got to see Hadden and Annie.She had sat on the bed for a short while before she started coughing. At the same time, she started feeling extremely warm before intense coldness set in. Mitchell told her that she had pneumonia because of her drowning episode, which was the reason why she was feeling so unwell.After that, he forced her to lie down and rest. Sophie ended up falling asleep.She had no idea when exactly Hadden and Annie left the hospital.Hadden and Annie went to the hospital over the next three days w