Chapter 121 The Trap Snaps Shut

After what happened with Reba today, Franklin and Oliver hadn’t taken it too seriously at first.

Like Oliver said, this was probably just someone trying to make trouble for the Joyner family. bThey /bbfigured /bthey’d just handle it as it came at worst, Reba would spend a couple of days in holding

But reality quickly proved how na?ve they’d been.

At the start, every friend they called had promised to help. But within a short time, not a single call could get through.

That was when the two realized something was wrong. They went straight to the police station, only to find they weren’t allowed to see Reba at all. The officer on duty told them she was now involved in a bmajor /bcriminal investigation – no visitation allowed.

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Oliver thought it was a joke and nearly started a fight. If not for the Joyner family still holding some influence in Trenwyn, they might’ve been arrested on the spot.

It was in that moment they both understood: this wasn’t just a misunderstanding. This was serious.

They began trying to investigate what happened – but strangely enough, they couldn’t dig up anything. Everything seemed deliberately sealed off.

Desperate and running out of options, Oliver remembered Connor and gave him a call.

At first, Connor tried to downy things, but under Oliver’s pressure, he finally confessed: he’d asked Reba to draft a project proposal, but she had giarized Scarlett’s work.

“It’s just giarism,” Martha said with disdain when she heard. “That little bitch must’ve gone crying to someone first, just likest time.”

“If I’d known she was this shameless, I never would’ve let Reba talk me into sparing her. Should’ve made sure she stayed ruined!”

Franklin sighed, visibly agitated as he lit a cigarette.

“The Lane family has proof that Reba copied the proposal. With them involved, no one in Trenwyn dares–speak up in her defense.”

Martha’s face flushed with fury. “Then I’ll go speak to the Lane family representative myself! Reba’s a good girl. She would never giarize – this is all Scarlett’s fault!”

Oliver quickly stopped her. “Mom, please. You need to stay calm.”

“How can I calm down? Reba’s going to be bullied to death in there!” Martha wiped at her tears. “Her health’s never been good. If she gets tortured in that ce, she might not even make it out alive.”

Oliver’s expression darkened. He hated seeing his mother like this, but right now, there was little he could do.

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“Even if you go, you won’t be allowed to see Reba let alone the Lane family’s brep/b. Connor said it himself. The best way out of this now is for Scarlett to publicly admit she authorized Reba to use that proposal or im that it was actually hers that got stolen.”

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Martha’s eyes widened. “You want me to go beg Scarlett? I’d rather die!”

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Chapter 121 The Trap Snaps Shut

Just the memory of Scarlett’s attitude after the symposium made her blood boil. bThe /bbonly /bbreason /bbshe /bhadn‘ torn her apart on the spot was because Reba still needed that kidney.

And now they wanted her to grovel?

She felt like someone had rammed a dozen steel des straight into her heart.

“We need to talk to Scarlett,” Oliver muttered, rubbing his temples, the pain in his head pounding bwith /bevery breath.

“I’m sure this was all her doing. She reported Reba anonymously, just to force us to beg her. bThat’s /bbwhat /bthis is all about it’s been her n since the moment she cut ties at the birthday banquet. Reba’s balways /bbeen too soft. She’s no match for Scarlett.”

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Martha trembled with rage, almost ready to storm off and kill Scarlett then and there. But for Reba’s sake, she had to force it down.

Killing Scarlett would be easy.

But if Reba couldn’t get out of jail, she’d never be able to face the world again.

“Fine. Fine,” Martha seethed, her voice grating out between clenched teeth. “I’ll go find her. If bringing bher /bback ito /ithe Joyner family is what she wants, then I’ll swallow my pride and do it.”

Franklin waved her off. “It’s toote now. If we go in the middle of the night, it’ll look too desperateb./bb” /b

“But Reba’s still locked up! The longer we wait, the more she suffers!”

“Reba is my daughter too. You think I’m not heartbroken?” Franklin said sharply. “But if we rush in bnow/bb, /bScarlett will know we’re cornered. She’ll use that ito /ipush for more.”

Oliver’s voice dropped cold. “She’s been pretending to be obedient all along, just to get us to lower our guard. This is all part of her n.”

“We’ll go in the morning,” he said. “She’ll be heading to campus. We’ll wait for her at the gate.”

Franklin nodded. “That’s the smart move.”

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