Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1197

"If he abides by the law, no one can touch him,"

Mira said.

"As for your mother, she murdered Owen's mother years ago. We will absolutely avenge her. Even if your mother hadn't committed any more crimes since, we still would have dug up the truth and brought her to justice.

Luckily for us, she was highly uncooperative and committed countless other atrocities afterward. We didn't even need to dig into the past; she dug her own grave.

As for you, while you're no saint, you aren't completely irredeemable. As long as you stay out of our way, we won't bother with you."

Luna fell silent...

Mira thought Luna would get up and leave after that, but she remained seated.

"After I was released and went home, my parents gave all our family's assets to my brother as compensation. They sold the villa, and my mother even pawned off my jewelry and designer bags at a steep discount.

She left me with no safety net, completely disregarding my future. How am I supposed to survive now?

She even sold the cars. We only have an old Buick left, and she would have sold that too if we didn't desperately need transportation.

All we have left is the three-bedroom apartment my dad and I are living in right now.

He said he had to fight tooth and nail to keep it, otherwise she would have sold that too.

I'm currently surviving off a single bracelet I had forgotten in my backpack, which I pawned for a few thousand dollars. That's paying for all my expenses right now..."

"You'll have to figure your own life out. We won't interfere."

Owen said.

Given his and Mira's personalities, they wouldn't go out of their way to make things difficult for Luna. It wasn't that they were bleeding hearts, but rather that they were genuinely too busy.

...

After the holidays, Eleanor's health grew increasingly frail. Mira and Jordan tried everything, sourcing the most expensive supplements and heart-strengthening remedies, but nothing could repair her failing body.

One Sunday, as Jordan returned with rare botanical musk to prepare a heart-saving medication, Eleanor spoke softly from where she was sunbathing on the balcony. "Jordan, don't fuss over it anymore.

I know you, Mira, and Owen have been agonizing over my health, but no one lives forever.

I'm over eighty now. I've lived a full life. Meeting you all made it entirely worth it. I'm ready."

Mira rushed to her side. "Grandma Eleanor, you have to stay strong. Even if Jordan's medicine only gives you another month—or even just half a month—it's a win for us.

Do it just to see me reach the absolute top, okay?"