Chapter 1098
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Because of that, Yvonne was actually terrified of Ronald.
Regardless, no actual siblings acted like Uriah and Leslie. They claimed to just be family.
But if they walked down the street together, anyone who didn’t know better would assume they were dating.
“Finley, you’re asking for it,” Uriah hissed.
To Uriah, Finley’s last comment was an outright insult to their family bond.
He pulled his fist back, aiming straight for Finley’s face.
However, Finley was quick. With a slight shift, he easily dodged the punch.
Uriah was like an enraged lion.
Finley immediately drove a solid kick into his knee. Uriah let out a muffled groan of pain, nearly collapsing to the floor.
Finley shoved his hands into his pockets. “This is a hospital, not a place for your tantrums. If you ever come here looking for her again, don’t blame me for playing dirty.”
Delivering the warning, Finley turned away, throwing one last contemptuous glance over his shoulder.
“Oh, and Tegan wasn’t lying to you. She really has no say in this matter. You have to take it up with Stella.”
Uriah gritted his teeth in fury. “Stella already said it’s out of her hands.”
Bringing up Stella only made things worse.
Just the mention of her name fueled his anger further.
“That just means she doesn’t want to deal with it,” Finley said. “Either way, Tegan can’t make the call.”
“Ronald’s men are the ones keeping an eye on things. Do you really think Tegan has any sway with Ronald?”
And the only reason Ronald had men on it was entirely because of Stella.
Finley said this purely to stop Uriah from harassing Tegan.
Harassing her was pointless anyway.
As for Stella, if she said she couldn’t help, then she couldn’t. Let Uriah seethe over
it.
“What about you?” Uriah demanded.
“Me?”
“You can get a word in with Mr. Quinn, can’t you?”
Uriah spoke through clenched teeth.
It was clear that desperation over Leslie’s situation was making him frantic.
Finley’s mouth twitched. “Seriously, what goes on inside your head?”
“Whether I can talk to him or not is none of your business.”
Sure.
He did have a line to Ronald, but why on earth would he use it for Uriah?
Finley rolled his eyes at him and turned to leave.
But Uriah called out to stop him. “Just get Leslie out first. I will handle this properly and give Tegan a fair explanation.”
An explanation would only come after he got to the bottom of the situation.
Tegan kept insisting that Leslie kidnapped her, but as far as Uriah was concerned, Leslie simply wasn’t capable of that.
He needed Leslie out of custody to find out what really happened.
Finley
play out
this exact scenario
fiercely protecting one womanenet
completely disregarding another
So he knew exactly what was running through Uriah’s mind right now.
“Keep your explanations. Tegan just wants her to pay the price,” Finley said, his voice dropping in temperature.
Every word was sharp and unyielding.
An explanation?
Uriah wanted to offer an explanation now? If they were tallying things up, he owed Tegan far too many of those.
Back in Portis City, his constant failure to hold anyone accountable had driven
Tegan to flee to Yoreland in the first place.
Now he was suddenly promising fairness?
But for Tegan…
“Leslie
manossed the line too
many times. Old grudges and newe scars you don’t just get to wipe the slate clean with a forced apology
Finley emphasized the words ‘old grudges and new scars’ heavily.
It was a stark reminder that Tegan wasn’t just angry about this one
acid
ident she had an entre history of
trauma to settle with Leslie
Uriah was left speechless.
Hearing Finley’s words, his chest tightened.
Without waiting for a response, Finley turned around and walked coldly away.
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