From Ashes of Scandal to His Embrace novel Chapter 47

“Laurinda was the only one who got into it with Adelaide that day. After they split up, she never saw Adelaide again.”

Baal stared at the screen, his eyes softening as he watched the familiar girl. He interrupted before the man could say more.

“There’s no way Laurinda had anything to do with this. Didn’t you notice? She was just messing with Adelaide. Even when they argued, Laurinda looked like she couldn’t care less. Adelaide was the only one taking it seriously, thinking she was actually holding her ground. She’s clueless.”

He finished, still watching Laurinda’s expression on the screen, and muttered, “She’s looking more and more like her mother.”

His assistant glanced over, a little puzzled. Laurinda wasn’t even a real member of the Austin family, so how could she look like Winnie? He figured maybe Baal was just stressed after everything that happened to Adelaide.

“Did you get Graham?”

“Not yet. He bought a plane ticket to Northland last night. Our people followed, but they haven’t found him.”

“Keep searching. I want him found, no matter what. He tried to mess with the Baker family, so we’ll handle him ourselves. Don’t let the authorities get involved. As for Aiken, just make sure it looks like he’s responsible. Don’t let out anything else about what he’s done. For now, we need to keep things quiet for Adelaide’s sake. When things settle down, then we can release the rest.”

He wasn’t about to give Aiken any room to turn things around.

“How’s Adelaide doing?”

“She’s not in a good place. Do you want to see her?”

Baal lit a cigarette, his jaw tight. When he first heard about what happened, all he wanted was revenge. But he was head of the Baker family, and with everyone watching, he couldn’t just act out. He had to handle this by the book and fight for Adelaide with the law on his side.

“I’ll go see her soon. Is the internet still out of control? Can’t we get it under wraps?”

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