Chapter 57 The Truth Spills Out

“Sierra, stop being stubborn about this, Bradley said.

He knew his sister was disappointed in them, so he had decided to start with the person she cared about most–her grandmother.

Sierra took a deep breath.

She was so tired of the Xander family.

They never listened. Or rather, they only heard what they wanted to hear.

That night, bshe /bhad made herself clear, yet they still believed she was just throwing a tantrum for attention.

They never asked if she wanted what they were offering. They just forced things on her and then patted themselves bon /bthe back for being generous.

She didn’t want to waste another word on bthem/b. bInstead/bb, /bbshe /bturned to bthe /bhospital staff.

Please don’t allow banyone /bto disturb my grandmother again.”

The doctors and nurses looked a little uncertain. The lead physician, Dr. Zahn, spoke up hesitantly.

The doctors bthey /bmentioned are top specialists. If your grandmother transfers to their facility, there’s a chance for a breakthrough.

Sierra shook her head. No need. She’ll stay here. Dr. Zahn, I’ll continue to count on you.”

Dr. Zahn smiled Being trusted sopletely by a patient’s family was a rare thing.

“You can rest assured: I’ll do my best.”

She and the doctor hadn’t lowered their voices, so Bradley and Evan heard beverything/b.

Evan frowned. His tone was disapproving. “You’re being childish. You say you care about your grandmother, but you’re ying games with her lifeb./bb” /b

Sierra turned around abruptly and stared at them.

“Did you ever care?”

There was a sharpness in her voice, like a de slicing through the air.

“bOnce /bbupon /bba /btime, I entrusted the person I loved most to you. I thought my brothers would take care of my grandmother. But what happened? Fool me once, shame on byou/b. Fool me twice… No one believes the boy who cried wolf. And I definitely don’t believe you. Besides, what if Denise gets into trouble bagain/b? Are you going to push me out in her ce? If I refuse, bare /byou going to bdangle /bmy grandmother’s life over my head bagain/b?b” /b

“Sierra!”

bEvan /bsnapped, unable to listen any longer. “Do you have to say things like that?”

She turned away and ignored him.

They had done those things without hesitation, yet now they thought her words were too harsh?

They had walked right into this.

Bradley held Evan bback /bband /bbspoke /bcalmly. “I bknow /bthis is something you’ve never let go of. But I still hope you can trust me

one more timeb.” /b

Impossible.

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She would never trust them again.

The only person she could count on now was herself.

Once her research was sessful, her grandmother’s condition would stabilize.

She wasn’t going to rely on anyone else.

Finished

Bradley could see she wasn’t responding. He wanted to keep talking, but before he could, the hospital room door suddenly opened.

Sierra’s grandmother wheeled herself out.

The argument had been loud enough to wake her.

She looked at Bradley band /bEvan, then spoke softly, “You’re Sierra’s brothers!”

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Bradley quickly stepped forward. “Hello, bma’am/b. We’re Bradley and Evan, Sierra and Denise’s brothers. We should have visited you sooner. I apologize for bthat/bb./b”

Evan gave a brief nod, an acknowledgment but nothing more.

So you really are her brothers.”

Sierra’s grandmother’s voice was steady, but there was an edge to it.

Then tell me—what did Sierra mean just now? You pushed her out? Pushed her where? And what does Denise have to do with it?”

Bradley’s and Evan’s faces instantly changed.

They bhadn’t /bexpected her to catch that.

When they stayed silent, bSierra’s /bgrandmother turned to her instead. Her lips trembled slightly

“Sierra, is it true?”

When Sierra had been arrested, something had felt off.

She had raised this child.

She knew her better than anyone.

She still remembered the day Sierra had gotten her driver’s license. She had been so excited, saying bthat /bonce she graduated and got a job, she would buy a car and take her grandmother on trips.

Then, not blong /bafter, the ident happened.

At the time, she bhadn’t /bthought too deeply about it.

But hearing Bradley and Evan’s words just now, she had started putting the pieces together.

“Sierra, tell me the truth. Is bthat /bwhat I’m thinking?”

She asked again, her voice unsteady, her hands trembling slightly as she gripped the wheelchair armrests.

“Let’s talk inside, bBradley /bsaid quickly.

He shot a nce at bhis /bbassistant/b, who immediately moved to clear the room of bdoctors /band nurses.

b“/bbCome/b, ma’am, let’s go inside,” Bradley said gently, pushing her wheelchair toward the hospital room.

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Her grandmother’s face had gonepletely bpale/b.

Her eyes swept over Bradley and Evan beforending on Sierra.

“Denise was the one who killed bsomeone/b,” she said slowly, bas /bif testing the words.

“And they used me as leverage to force you to take the me didn’t they?”