Chapter 510 The Jensons Were in Chaos
As Wade kept talking, he couldn’t help but tilt his head back. His eyes were red, and tears were swirling. Everyone who saw him felt a sudden weight on their chest, like something had hit them hard. At last, Wade couldn’t hold back anymore.
The tears fell freely, and he began to sob quietly, just like a kid who had lost his favorite toy. No one blamed him.
Dominic and Howard, feeling guilty about how they treated Tilda, couldn’t help but turn away, tears running down their faces. Dominic remembered how, back then, he had told Tilda to leave and even said terrible things for Kyla’s sake. But in the end, Tilda turned out to be the mentor he had always cherished. Howard thought about how he had favored Kyla, even going so far as to accuse Tilda of stealing.
Looking back, the brothers realized they were nothing but scumbags. They were cruel to their own sister, and yet, they had spoiled the adopted one who pretended to be sweet but was really selfish. Tilda was right. They had been blind fools!
Only Santiago, seeing all this, bit his lip and said, “Dad, could there be some kind of misunderstanding here? Maybe we got the wrong information?” Santiago still hoped Kyla might be innocent, even though out of the seven brothers, he didn’t spoil Kyla like the others did. But if what Russell said was true, it was too cruel, not just to Tilda, but to everyone involved. Santiago wished it were all just a misunderstanding. That wasn’t true!
Russell said, “Santiago, do you think I would announce something this big without proof? No one wants to believe this more than I do, because if it’s true, our debt to Tilda is like a black hole–it can’t ever be fixed. I tried everything to prove it was wrong, but when I had no other choice, I had to accept that this is the truth.”
Santiago went quiet. The tiny bit of hope left in his heart was completely gone, like it had been smashed to pieces and could never be fixed.
Back when Santiago had been abroad, Tilda had been taken back in by the Jensons, but during that time, her life had been full of pain. She got nothing but coldness and distrust from the family that should have protected her. And the worst part? All of that was caused by the person they trusted most–Kyla.
“Dad, I know it sounds like I’m saying this too late, but back then, with your power, you could have investigated and cleared Tilda’s name…” Howard said with a hint of resentment.
Now, to her brothers, Tilda was completely different. She had defeated Howard, becoming someone Howard would spend his life trying to surpass. She even saved Blair and Dominic. She was the family’s lifesaver. On top of that, she was their sister who had been missing for 19 years! If Russell had looked into what really happened back then and cleared Tilda’s name, maybe they would have felt worse for treating her badly and wouldn’t have thought she betrayed the family like the first time they met. Maybe things wouldn’t have turned out like this.
Dominic quickly said, “Howard, don’t say that. Dad is hurting more than we are.”
Russell responded, “Howard is right. Back then, Tilda had proven her innocence, and I already suspected Kyla the most. But I didn’t investigate to prove it. I didn’t clear Tilda’s name. That was me clearly taking sides. I chose Kyla over my biological daughter. That caused mistake after mistake, right up to today. I caused all of this. I destroyed our family. I hurt Tilda!”
Russell couldn’t control his feelings. He turned away, tears rolling down his old face, his whole body trembling. Seeing him like that, Howard and the others couldn’t say a word. The room went completely silent again.
“No, I have to go talk to Kyla! There has to be some mistake. Maybe this isn’t what Kyla wanted!” Santiago said, about to leave the study and go downstairs to confront her.
“Don’t go! Santiago!” Russell shouted, stopping him. “Blair still can’t sleep because of what happened the last time Tilda saved them. If you confront Kyla now and Blair learns the truth, she’ll completely break!”
That sentence hit Santiago like a curse, freezing him in place. He couldn’t even imagine that if Blair learned the truth, what would happen to her? The one who loved Kyla the most was Blair. After losing Tilda for over ten years, Blair poured all her love into Kyla. So when they finally found Tilda and brought her back, Blair didn’t even know how to face her, all because of Kyla.
At that moment, Wade suddenly broke free from Howard’s support and ran straight outside.
“Wade!”