Chapter 393 Sylvester’s Legacy
Sidney looked at Caden and took a deep breath. “Calm down, Caden.”
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“Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?” Caden snapped, eyes wild. “What did that guy mean? What’s the connection between our family and Sylvester’s kidnapping?!”
Sidney stood there silently, letting Caden grab him by the collar.
“So it is connected?” Caden’s voice trembled.
How was he supposed to face Zev now?
Sidney didn’t answer, but Caden already knew.
His face was filled with the truth.
The kidnapping really had something to do with the Hardisons. “So that’s why you’ve always treated Zev better than me,” Caden said, voice cracking. “That’s why you always made me back off, even when he took my toys and punched me as a kid–you didn’t even get mad. You took his side because we owed him, didn’t we?!”
Sidney held Jasper in his arms and was ready to leave.
“Say something! I have the right to know,” Caden shouted. “Was our family the one behind everything Zev’s been digging into all these years?!”
Sidney’s brows drew together. He gripped Shane’s hand tighter, walked a few steps, then paused and looked back at Caden. “No,” he said quietly.
“Our family wasn’t the mastermind. We were just one of many guilty parties,” Sidney said with a bitter smile. “You messed around as a kid, skipped school, and I never forced you to change. When the old man wanted to bring you into the company, I’d rather carry the whole load alone than let you see just how rotten things were behind all that wealth and power.”
He’d spent years shielding his younger brother from the truth.
No matter how reckless Caden got, Sidney always protected him. To him, Caden was still the bright, innocent boy.
Because Sidney was the one carrying all the weight in silence.
“Back then, Sylvester had everything–talent, charm, and power. And people hated him for it. Too many wanted what he had. You have to understand, when a lion rises, the jackals pretend to kneel. They wait, bide their time, then strike together.”
He didn’t want his brother to know Sylvester’s fall wasn’t caused by just one person.
The downfall of a genius wasn’t done by a single person–but when the disaster struck, everyone was at fault.
Caden stood there in shock, hands trembling. “So, our family was one of those culprits too, weren’t we?”
Sidney didn’t reply. He just walked away with Jasper in his arms and Shane by his side.
Yes, they were. Their family had been one of the culprits.
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And part of the reason Sidney treated Zev so kindly… was guilt. Even managing the company his parents had left behind–that, too, was a way to make amends.
“This is such a mess,” Caden muttered bitterly, then turned and went to find the police.
No matter how twisted things were between Charles and those bastards, he wasn’t going to sit back and let Charles suffer.
Lockhart Mansion.
Wade lay in bed, frail and on his last breath.
At the edge of death, a man’s spirit seems to drain right out of him.
He could barely speak without the help of an oxygen mask.
“You’re here.” He said weakly as Zev entered the room, lifting a trembling hand.
Zev walked to the bedside, nodded, and after a moment’s hesitation, reached out to take Wade’s hand. “Grandpa… just rest.”
“I–I’m sorry,” Wade said, eyes welling with tears. He had failed Zev by failing to protect his father.
“No, you didn’t.” Zev’s voice cracked.
He couldn’t spill out all of his grumbles now.
“I didn’t protect your dad,” Wade said, gripping Zev’s hand tighter. “And I didn’t protect your mom either.”
And more than that–he hadn’t protected Zev’s childhood. His family.
“Grandpa, stop? Zev whispered, voice choked, head bowed, tears dripping down.
“Your father… he loved you so much,” Wade said, his eyes unfocused as he stared at the ceiling.
Before Zev was even born, Sylvester adored him; he had already planned everything for his son.
He’d left everything to him–no questions, no doubt.
Even in death, he’d made sure no one could take a single cent from Zev.
But what he left behind wasn’t just money.
“The most valuable thing your dad left you wasn’t the asset,” Wade said weakly.
The room was quiet. Only Zev and Wade were inside. Kelly stood by the door, uncertain if she should leave.
“Kelly … “Wade called softly.
He’d never thought much of her, but even he had to admit–she was the only one who could hand
“Zion’s impulsive, but you’re steadier, sharper, and more mature,” Wade’s voice strained with emotion, pleading and entrusting her. “My son left Zev something more precious than assets or company shares, more than money or trust funds. He left Ken to him.”
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Kelly froze. She looked at the old man.
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Zev always said Wade was senile; Ken had tricked him.
But what kind of man was Ken, really, to make a hardened business titan like Wade call him Sylvester’s most precious legacy?
“H–he said he was Sylvester’s legacy. And that legacies don’t get to have lives of their own,” Wade said, eyes red, and wanted him to trust Ken. “Zion, he’s the kind of man who gave everything–for this family and for you. You have to trust him.”
But how could Zev believe in Ken? He had hated him for more than 20 years.
“You’ve been fooled by him, Grandpa,” Zev said. He still firmly believed that Ken had fooled everyone.
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