Chapter 300

Vespera sat down, resigned to her fate. Rebecca, as the host, welcomed everyone. Thankfully, Dominic didn't call Vespera by her nickname again. He'd returned to his usual cold and distant demeanor. Midway through dinner, Rebecca brought up the Tina situation. "I heard from Vera that the Sowle family found some powerful allies. I called Mrs. Cruz and the others yesterday to warn them to stay alert." Calvert, hearing this, chimed in. "You don't need to worry. I just got back from Ashford. Whoever the Sowles brought in didn't do much, Tina's already confessed. She's being held in detention." He'd actually driven back to Ashford the same night they returned to Halewick. Dominic had told him to keep an eye on things and even asked him to assign a few people to look after the Sinclair siblings. But personally, he didn't think Austin was foolish enough to go down the path of murder. Still, based on how concerned Dominic and Vespera seemed, clearly, they didn't trust that woman. Reb