Chapter 202 Just Being Used

Easton steered his wheelchair a little closer. "I sent Sean overseas back then and cut off every path he could've taken to come back. But he showed up anyway, and he didn't come alone. He came back with a shady group in tow," he said flatly, as if he were describing something that had nothing to do with him. He continued, "I've been thinking about it for days." Easton paused, his eyes drifting to Annie's clenched jaw. "The only way he could've bounced back that quickly was by teaming up with local gangs. He must've offered them something in return for their support." Annie listened without interrupting, but her fingers curled tighter at her side. Local gangs? In his pursuit of her, Sean had begun mingling with people who had nothing left to lose. Did he have any bottom line at all? In her past life, for Cecilia's bone marrow, Sean could watch Annie and her baby die on an operating table without batting an eye. In this life, for pride and revenge, he was willing to bargain with