Chapter 856:
A cold shiver snaked its way down her back.
Gorman, cool as a cucumber, didn’t miss a beat and breezed out of the room, his steps practically bouncing.
The hotel room fell quiet, holding just Linsey, Caylee, and the tiny Zander nestled in Linsey’s arms.
After a moment, Linsey’s fingers softly danced through Zander’s downy hair. She leaned in close, her voice a
gentle whisper. “Be a good boy, Zander. Your sister's in there, out like a light. Why don’t you slip in and snuggle
up with her? | need a quick word with Caylee.”
Zander gave a small nod and tiptoed into the room, easing the door shut with a soft click.
That faint sound snuffed out the last flicker of hope Caylee had been clinging to.
The last, frail glimmer of hope in Caylee was extinguished as the door clicked gently shut.
Without a word, Linsey moved with a grim, no-turning-back resolve to the sofa and sank into it.
The brutal showdown with Gorman had clearly wrung her dry, sapping her strength.
But she knew this mess was far from settled.
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Caylee sucked in a shaky breath, her hands locked so tight her knuckles gleamed white. She took a hesitant step
toward Linsey. “Why?”
Linsey’s voice sliced through the thick silence, sharp and out of nowhere.
That single word hit like a thunderbolt. Caylee got it in a heartbeat—Linsey had seen right through the whole
charade.
Linsey was no fool; Gorman hadn’t needed to spell it out for her to connect the dots.
The offhand way Gorman had bossed Caylee around, like she was just a piece on his chessboard, sealed it. This
wasn’t a one-off; it was a pattern.
And it explained why, ever since she rolled back into Grester, Gorman always seemed one step ahead, like he
had a tracker on her life. He was always in the know first.
Caylee had been his eyes and ears, the mole right in her orbit, feeding Gorman every scrap of intel.
Caylee’s voice broke, heavy with tears she hadn't let fall. “Linsey, I'm so sorry. | swear, | was backed into a
corner... My grandma's really sick, needs surgery bad, and | didn’t have a dime. Mr. Green was the only one
who'd help. I'm telling you, | had no choice...
After pausing for a moment, she continued, “My grandma'’s all I've got, Linsey. We're all each other has. |
couldn't let her go... my only family. Please, you gotta believe me. | didn’t do anything shady for Mr. Green...
swear | didn’t...”
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He had revealed Caylee’s betrayal with surgical precision, striking when Linsey was vulnerable.