A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1051

Starla looked at his livid face and said nothing. She guessed the message he just received was about Susanna, even without seeing it. If that was the case, all she had to do now was wait for his verdict!

Yes, a verdict!

Her fate, whether in the hands of Herbert, Yardley Hoggart, or Fairfax Yelchin, seemed to amount to nothing more than waiting for a sentence. They would never give her another choice.

Fairfax looked at Starla.

Starla pushed the Ginger Duck aside in her bowl and continued eating the Sweet and Sour Crispy Pork.

"Starla," Fairfax said.

She ignored him, taking another bite.

"I need to know what exactly happened to Susanna while she was with your brother!!"

Fairfax was clearly panicking now.

"I can't help you with that. I have no standing in the Hoggart family."

When she previously returned to Yoran Country, everyone claimed it was the Hoggart family's princess coming home. In reality?

Thinking back, that title of 'princess' was nothing but a bitter joke!

She was telling the truth.

But her cold tone struck a raw nerve in Fairfax.

"Susanna was always good to you, wasn't she?"

In Fairfax's eyes, Susanna was probably the only person in the entire Yelchin family that Starla could actually get along with.

"And so?" Starla replied. "Am I supposed to repay her somehow? Don't forget, the Yelchin family..."

"Stop!"

He cut her off before she could finish.

He knew she was going to bring up that old hatred. True, as far as Starla was concerned, the Yelchins' sins far outweighed their virtues!

"Can't we look at this separately?" Fairfax asked, his voice choked with emotion.

Starla looked at him without a word.

Her icy glare said it all.

"There's more to your mother's death!" Fairfax insisted.

Now, that vibrant girl was lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator.

The dark purple bruising around her neck was glaringly obvious.

Yardley sending a picture like this now was meant to push Fairfax to his breaking point—to force him to hand Starla over in exchange for Susanna!

Using such a brutal method...!

Such ruthless tactics!

So why was Yardley in such a rush to get her back this time?

Starla's eyes grew colder.

"Starla..."

The man called her name, suddenly at a loss for words. He just looked at her quietly.

She didn't respond.

She already knew what he was getting at. He was going to use her to trade for Susanna.