Chapter 213

He instinctively reached out, wanting to catch Eleanor's hand, but she walked too quickly, leaving him with no time to touch her. His hand slowly fell back to his side, as if nothing had happened. Eleanor hurried to her room, where her phone began to ring. Seeing Charles’s name on the caller ID, she couldn’t help but smile, knowing he must be alright. "Little brother," she answered, her voice gentle. "Sis, I've just gotten back from the police station," Charles's clear and pleasant voice came through the line. Eleanor wasn’t surprised. If Mathew was taken in, Charles would naturally be released. "Good to hear," she replied warmly. "But, I really didn’t expect Mathew to do this! He even deliberately dropped my campus badge at the scene to frame me..." Charles’s voice carried a sharp edge of indignation, growing colder as he spoke. "Luckily, he’s been taken in by the police and probably won’t be out for a while. Grandpa, Grandma, Second Uncle, and Aunt are all heartbroken. I might have s