Chapter 431

Alice Walker felt like she was being mocked—anxious and full of dread. She almost wanted to fall to her knees in front of Vivian Grant. "Miss Grant, I know I messed up. I don’t deserve forgiveness, but… I was really scared back then..." Alice started crying. Even a powerful family like the Lanes got crushed by Elijah Knight, forced to leave in disgrace and never return for ten years. How was a girl from an average family like her supposed to survive? "You were scared, so you thought it was okay to frame your own roommate? Make her take the fall for your mess?" Vivian’s tone was calm, but her words hit like a slap. The gratitude she mentioned earlier? That was just sarcasm. From the perspective of a mother to her nephew, Alice was nothing but low and shameless. She wasn't some horrific monster, true, but the damage she'd done was enough to ruin someone’s life. "I didn’t mean for things to turn out that way! I swear I didn’t!" Alice sobbed, her voice breaking. "She—she came looking for m