Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1138

"As for the crime, she was involved in the assassination attempt on Mira," Ellis explained, deciding to lay all the cards on the table. "Word is she and Luna Lance helped the assassin identify Mira."

Since the secrets were out, Ellis no longer wanted to hide anything from Eleanor.

"What? She helped try to kill Mira? How did Seraphina turn so rotten and despicable? She's becoming more like her mother every day.

If she's truly that vicious, then let her rot in a cell. I wash my hands of her."

Eleanor was furious.

The Quinn family stood there in stunned silence. Was she really saying this to them? They had come here tonight specifically to beg for her help.

Eleanor let out a heavy sigh. "I wasted so much time and effort raising her, only for her to turn out this twisted."

"You're lying! Stop your nonsense! Seraphina didn't do anything wrong! Luna framed her!"

Gwen shrieked, desperately trying to cover up her daughter's crimes.

Ellis wasn't having it. "Lying? It's all over the internet. Everyone knows!

Framed by Luna? Why would Luna frame her instead of anyone else? They're birds of a feather!

Don't you dare yell at me. If you're so confident, go scream at the police. See if they don't toss you right out on the street. Don't try acting tough here."

Unable to win the argument against Ellis, Gwen turned her wrath on Eleanor. "I know you wrote Seraphina off a long time ago! You wrote all of us off!

The only person you care about is her—this wretched brat!"

She pointed a trembling finger at Mira.

"Insult Mira one more time, and I'll break your jaw."

Ellis warned, rolling up his sleeves as he lunged toward Gwen. Terrified, she immediately ducked behind Sebastian.

Owen Lance grabbed Ellis's arm to hold him back.

Ellis was only trying to scare her; he wasn't actually going to beat Gwen in their own home.

Owen shifted his gaze to Sebastian. "Sebastian, why exactly are you all here tonight?"

Sebastian finally spoke up. "The police took Seraphina. We came to see if we could figure something out."

Owen frowned. "Do you realize Seraphina was arrested for trying to hurt Mira?"

The implication was crystal clear: coming to the victim to ask for help was nothing short of delusional.

Sebastian said, "No, Luna framed her."

"Framed? Do you seriously believe that, Sebastian? Are you genuinely this blind, or just playing dumb?

Let me spell it out for you: it's a fact. It wasn't just Luna's word. Vivienne Voss's testimony corroborated the entire thing."

Owen stared directly into Sebastian's eyes. "Truth be told, we didn't even need their confessions. We knew exactly what she was up to the moment it happened.

When Mira encountered the assassin, she looked up and saw your daughter standing right across from her with Luna. They were literally exchanging signals with the killer.

We investigated immediately afterward. It was Seraphina and Luna who pointed Mira out to the assassin.

We just chose to keep it quiet until now."

In reality, Mira had only suspected the two of them at the time and lacked hard evidence. Owen was deliberately stretching the truth to intimidate them.