Chapter 545:
The confrontation had been anything but cordial. Sean, a man revered for decades, had all but been driven from the Owen residence. The disgrace seared through his chest like acid, each step away stoking the burn.
Unbeknownst to him, his every movement was under quiet surveillance, each word he spoke faithfully relayed to Brad.
Brad idly flicked his lighter, watching the flame flare and vanish before turning to Brock. “Grandpa’s just been humiliated at the Owen estate. He’ll come to me for a way out.”
Brock, already aware of the uproar at the hospital, shared his own simmering displeasure toward Zaylee. “To be frank, Zaylee’s far too cunning. If you go through with marrying her as ordered, this household will never know peace. Sooner or later, trouble will follow.”
Brad’s gaze slid toward him, a faint edge in his tone. “You? An expert on women?”
Brock let out a short laugh. “Enough to get by.”
Brad exhaled through his nose, crisp and final. “Tell Grandpa to stop making a fool of himself. The shopfronts Zaylee wants, I’ll take care of them.”
“Got it.”
From the look on Brad’s face, Brock could tell that plans were already in motion, and they would run directly against Sean’s wishes.
Elsewhere, Kendrick’s voice rang with sharp disapproval as he confronted Deandre over the storm stirred by his appearance at the concert with Rylie.
“So this is what brought you rushing back? Dragging your sister into trouble?” He stabbed a finger at the television, where the news blared. “And now Gracewell Private Hospital’s director has the gall to accuse Rylie of mishandling a rescue? What kind of nonsense is this?”
Kendrick rarely paid attention to entertainment headlines, but this was not idle gossip. It was a formal news broadcast. Dinner had barely ended when the three of them settled in the living room, switching through channels until they stopped at an image that froze them in place. Rylie’s face, pixelated yet unmistakable, had been altered to resemble that of a criminal and was now plastered across the screen.
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The director of Gracewell Private Hospital, the same facility rumored to have taken in Zander, also known as Vincent, stood before the press and delivered a carefully prepared statement. “Our hospital deployed ten top specialists in a full-scale effort to save the patient. Unfortunately, due to improper emergency care administered before arrival, his condition worsened beyond recovery. We did everything possible.”
The broadcast left no room for doubt. Every word pointed the finger at Rylie. Online, the backlash had already spiraled out of control, with furious fans flooding social media in a storm of threats, their outrage fueled further by the ongoing coverage.
“The woman who performed the on-site rescue may face legal action from Evergreen Media Works. Authorities are actively searching for her,” the anchor announced.
What was strange was not the accusation itself, but the channel delivering it. A film network carried the report when such a matter should have been breaking news on national outlets.
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