Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1195

Eleanor didn't blame her grandson, but she completely and irrevocably severed all ties with Seraphina.

Five days later, Eleanor was discharged. Mira took her directly back to her own estate, absolutely refusing to let her step foot in the Quinn family home ever again. Master Ellis had confided in Mira that Eleanor had, at most, a year left to live.

For the past two years, Eleanor's fragile life had been sustained entirely by extremely rare medicinal herbs. This poisoning had completely shattered whatever health she had left.

"Seraphina, I will make sure you pay for this," Mira swore through gritted teeth after hearing her master's prognosis.

All she could do now was try to keep Eleanor as comfortable and happy as possible. She wanted her grandmother's final days to be free of pain.

From that day on, no matter how demanding her schedule was, Mira made sure to give Eleanor a therapeutic massage and chat with her every single night before heading upstairs to work.

Work and studies could always be caught up on later. But once her grandmother was gone, she was gone forever.

A month later, Seraphina's verdict was handed down. On top of her original three-year sentence, the judge slapped on an additional five years for attempted murder. She was now looking at eight years in total.

However, due to her pregnancy, she was granted medical parole. She wouldn't be officially incarcerated until her nursing period was over.

In a twisted way, getting pregnant had been her saving grace, shielding her from the worst of the fallout for now.

Jocelyn wasn't nearly as lucky. With the fresh mountain of criminal evidence Owen had submitted, if everything was verified, she was looking at a potential death sentence, just like her son.

Major cases like hers, however, took time to process.

Yet, whether Jocelyn got the death penalty or a mere six months, her current incarceration was a fatal blow. This six-month window was the critical trial period for Lawrence, and it was the absolute deadline to pay his settlement.

Two months later, Luna Lance finished her detention and was released.

To Mira and Owen's genuine surprise, on Luna's very first day back at Aethelgard University, she stood before the entire student body during the Monday morning assembly and read a long, tearful letter of apology.

Mira happened to be there. Luna's delivery was so devastatingly sorrowful that even Mira, her former target, felt a brief twinge of pity.

Afterward, Luna posted on social media, publicly announcing that every single cent her family owned had been liquidated to pay the airline's compensation. She was no longer a wealthy heiress; she was just an ordinary citizen now. An ordinary girl who needed to work part-time jobs just to afford her tuition.

Luna stated she was willing to be a cautionary tale, hoping her peers would learn from her catastrophic mistakes.

Surprisingly, Luna's PR move worked flawlessly. Public opinion completely reversed.