Chapter 1041

When Noelle heard Donovan's question, she bowed to the memorial before stepping back. The others stepped forward to do the same. Once the brief ceremony concluded, everyone moved back to the seating area. Donovan frowned. "Noelle, you still haven't answered me. We're standing before Mom and Dad, so you can't lie to us." Carl chimed in, "Can you tell us what really happened back then?" Noelle glanced at Donovan before calmly saying, "What happened that day is exactly as you all know. There's no difference from what I remembered. "The person who saved me and returned to try and rescue Mom and Dad wasn't Sean; it was Cedric." The room fell silent. She looked around at the Liddells with a mocking smile playing on her lips. "Isn't it ridiculous? You used to tell me over and over again about how I owed Sean my life. But in the end, it wasn't him; it was Cedric." Everyone's expression stiffened awkwardly, and Donovan retorted, "We didn't know anything." Frank echoed, "Yeah… I never