To be more exact, he discovered Luke’s traces instead.
The immigration record showed that Luke left the city on a plane around four in the afternoon to another small town at the other end of the earth.
Gwen stayed silent when she saw Luke’s name on the record. After a while, she cocked up her head and curled her lips into a smile. “It’s good too. If we can’t find Steven, that means his parent can’t find him too.
His parent would never think Steven would use Luke’s identity to leave Saigen City. Thus, they would think Steven was still in the city and continue searching for him.
This could probably be the last thing Luke did in order to protect his brother.
However…
Gwen looked up into the dark sky. There was no chance of her seeing him in the future anymore. Either Luke or Steven would never ever exist in her life anymore.
The second day Steven left Saigen City, Brettley and Thomas acted on behalf of Gwen to provide the court with evidence of how the Hughes family and the Miller family cheated and lied to Luke. Incidentally, they also provided the court with all the information Sean found in the information room in Hughes’s residence.
A week later. After much debating, the court finally had a result. The Hughes family and the Miller family had acted against the will of the other party and illegal appropriation of another person’s organ. Therefore, the court found them guilty of the charges and sentenced the chief of both families to ten years of prison.
In addition, after all the sinful crimes the Hughes couple committed, the court sentenced the couple to an additional twenty years of prison each.
On the day of the result, Steven did not appear. Denise was still unconscious in the hospital. The only two people who attended were Sean and Gwen.
Gwen shivered excitingly when she heard the sentence. On the other hand, Sean silently held Gwen’s arm and let her rest on his shoulder. “Gwen, it’s alright to cry.”
She bit her lip and finally turned around to lean on Sean’s shoulder. Her tears started to roll down her eyes. She had waited for this day for far too long.
After knowing the bad guys were behind the bar, she could finally put the weight off her mind. Ever since Luke passed away, she had been trying hard to suppress her emotion. She was afraid Bethan, Brettley, and the others would be worried about her if she cry too much or afraid that her health would be affected by being too upset. Especially when Luke had used his life in exchange for her healthy heart.
Now…she could finally release her emotion without worried.
‘Luke, I did it. I have sought revenge for you. The truth about your death is finally justified,’ she thought.
She was clear about one thing. Although Luke’s personality was locked up in Steven’s body, with his personality… He would seal himself and never appear if Steven never tried to harm himself. In another word, he was really dead.
Gwen’s thoughts changed after the short meeting. She was now relieved. She would continue to live her life and forget about pursuing Sean in the after-life but she would never fall in love with another person anymore.
“You win, Gwen.”
When Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes passed by Gwen and Sean in cuffed, Mrs. Hughes squinted her eyes and looked at Gwen coldly. “But you did not win everything. Steven is missing. If we can’t find him, then it’s impossible for you to find him too. You went through all the trouble to put us behind the bars. But you also lose Luke. Neither of us wins.”
Gwen laughed at what Mrs. Hughes said, “Oh really?”
She lifted her head from Sean’s arms. She said while looking at Mrs. Hughes with her fierce eyes, “I don’t think that I lost. The only people who can’t find Steven are you two. If I want to find him, I can find him anytime I want. But…”
She curled up her lips and smiled, “I will never go find him. He should have his own life away from Saigen City and us. It’s a good thing for him. That’s why I will never deliberately go find him. I’m not the old me. I don’t need Steven to become Luke and I never expect Luke to come back to me anymore.”
“Life is short. Although Luke has passed away, the memories he gave me are enough to sustain my remaining years. There’s nothing that I regret. But…”
She raised her brows and looked at Mr. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes. “I don’t have Luke but I have the wonderful memories Luke and Steven gave me. I will always be happy when I thought of them in the future. What about you? Will you two remember you had a twin when you are in jail for the rest of life? What will you feel when you think of them?”
Mrs. Hughes’ face turned pale at what Gwen said. She widened her eyes and glared at Gwen, “It’s none of your business how we end up in the future. We will be out sooner than you think. I will never forgive you!”
Gwen laughed, “Sure. I will be waiting for you.”
She looked at the time and said, “Twenty years later, I will be waiting for you here. I hope you will perform well in prison and do not let them extend the sentence. Goodbye.”
She pulled Sean and wanted to leave. Nonetheless, Sean frowned and let go of her hand. “Gwen, there’s something I want to talk to them about.”
Gwen frowned and looked at Sean. “I’ll wait for Sean nodded. you outside?”
After Gwen left the court, Sean took a deep breath. He looked at Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Hughes coldly, “
Denise is still unconscious. Since Denise committed suicide by jumping off the building, the judge did not include Denise’s matter in the sentence today.”
Mrs. Hughes felt pleased. “So what? Do you want to take revenge for her? Too bad, there’s no more chance.”
She looked at Sean’s face, “Kid, you’re not bad looking. Handsome, young, and smart. You can find a better and cleaner woman than Denise. You just know her for a short while. And she’s half dead now. You two did not even obtain the marriage certificate. You can totally desert her and start a new life of your own. Why should you look for our trouble because of that dirty and half–dead woman?”
Sean squinted his eyes fiercely at what she said. He looked at the middle–aged woman in front of him. He smiled, “Mrs. Hughes. I actually have another identity. The future leader of Luke’s gang.”
He curled up his lip and smiled evilly, “You should know that it is an easy job for us to enter the prison if we are in the underground world for a long time.”
Mrs. Hughes looked at Sean in shock. She staggered a step back unconsciously. Her eyes looked scared,”
What… what do you mean?”
“I’m saying…”
Sean smiled, “Brettley and Gwen are good citizens. They prefer a more gentle approach. But I’m not the same. I will use my own method to avenge Luke and Denise. I can promise you this. You two will never have a good life in prison during these twenty years.”
After that, he just took off.
Mrs. Hughes’ legs became wobbly as he looked at Sean leaving. He bit his lip and kneeled down with his cuffed hand and legs. “Mr. Wheeler, it was all her fault. I was just following her orders. I never did anything bad to Luke and Denise. Even when she was trying to hurt Denise, I stopped her. If it weren’t for me, Denise’s current situation could be even worse! Could you…”
He lowered his head and spoke in a low voice, “Could you please let me go because I truly care for Denise?”
Sean frowned when he heard the lowly and weak voice from behind. He stopped and looked back. Mr. Hughes was kneeling on the ground with his cuffed hand and legs. The two police beside him tried hard to pull him up.
Sean could not help and sneer as he saw it. “How funny. I can’t believe Luke and Steven actually have you this useless and indecisive man as their biological father.”
Although Sean did not know Steven well enough, he could tell Steven was a good guy from how he treated Denise and Gwen. At least he did not harbor his parent and knew that his parent made many mistakes when he was the beneficiary in the entire incident. It was really quite something.
Mr. Hughes’ body became stiff. He lowered his head and asked timidly, “Can you…think about my two sons and…”
“I will ask the gang member to ‘look after’ you because of your two sons.”
He purposely emphasized ‘look after’ when he said that.
Mr. Hughes’ body trembled.
“Stop kneeling. I won’t be soft on you.”
After that, he turned around and strode outside. “I might think otherwise of you if you accept your sentence and go to jail. But look at you now. You are not really worth being their father!”
Mr. Hughes closed his eyes after looking at Sean leaving. He knew what await him was a long, miserable, and torturing prison life.
After Sean left the court, he called Brettley. Brettley played a great deal in settling this case so smoothly. He knew Brettley must have already known the result when it was announced. However, he needed to call his cousin personally to express his gratitude.
“I know.”
Brettley still sounded remote and cold as usual. “Bethan and I are already at the airport. We’re flying back to Banyan City half an hour later. If you’re done here, could you please bring Gwen back to Merchant City? After Bethan and I settle our thing in Merchant City, we’ll go meet you in Merchant City.”
Sean grasped his phone and frowned. “You’re in such a hurry to leave.”
He knew Brettley was a busy man. However, was he really that busy that he needed to leave immediately and leave Gwen here?
“Yes. There’s something urgent.”
Brettley looked at the wedding invasion card from Adrian. He sneered, “
I’ll leave Gwen to you.”
“Don’t worry.”
Sean did not ask further when he sensed Brettley was not in a good mood. “Even if you did not ask, I will take good care of her because of Luke. And…”
He paused and remained silent for a while. “Although you are not in the mood to hear this, I’ll still like to inform you.”
He took a deep breath, “The doctor says the chances of Denise waking up are very slim. But I still want to marry her. She’s my first woman and I hope she is the last too. I want to bring her back to Merchant City…”
“It’s a good idea to bring her back to Merchant City.”
Before Sean could finish his sentence, Bethan cut him off. “With my mom and Rachel’s help, maybe she will wake up soon.”
Sean paused for a while. He smiled bitterly, “Is she…really going to wake up?”
“She will.”
Bethan grabbed Brettley’s hand and curled up her lips into a smile. “You need to believe there are miracles in this world.”
As she finished saying that, an announcement was broadcasted urging them to board the plane. She quickly said a few more things with Sean and followed Brettley to board the plane.
On the plane back to Banyan City, Bethan looked at the invitation in Brettley’s hand. “Why isn’t the bride, Michael’s mother, Celia?”
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