Chapter 301: The Final Fall of Katie The room fell silent.
Katieâs heart dropped, panic rising in her chest.
What did Logan mean by that?
What exactly did he mean?!
Could he really have found the evidence?
Noâno, impossible. Theyâd buried that incident so deep. Thereâs no way he couldâve just dug it up!
But this was Mr. Reid.
Was there anything in this world Mr. Reid couldnât uncover?
Selina blinked, calmly scanning the room.
Grandpa Clark looked humiliated.
James avoided her gaze, clearly guilty and afraid.
His face was masked with fake righteousness.
As for Angelica... she looked like she was grinding her teeth into dust.
"Since Ms. Bryant has nothing more to say," Logan said coolly, "allow me to end this farce."
He pulled out a voice recorder, about to press playâKatieâs eyes widened in horror.
A surge of desperation overtook her, and she lunged forward. "NOâ!"
But how could she possibly be faster than Jack?
Before she even touched the hem of Loganâs suit, Jack had already shoved her aside.
Then, the voice recorder began to playâand what came out shattered the entire room.
...
"I was a judge in the last competition. Selinaâs skill was far above the restâshe didnât need to seduce anyone to qualify for the finals."
"Honestly, she kept her distance from Ellis. You could tell she was disgusted by him. It was Ellis who kept trying to get handsy with her."
A female voice followed:
"Thatâs right. Ellis would always talk in private about how Selina was the prettiest contestant that year. He said if he could get her into bed... I-I didnât want to hear it! Thatâs just what he saidâI swear I donât know anything else!"
"I was a contestant. I didnât speak up before because I was scared itâd ruin my career... but I saw itâSelina was unconscious when she was dragged into Ellisâs room. I even recorded it..."
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The screen lit up with a phone recording.
Selina, unconscious, was being dragged by two people into Ellisâs hotel room.
One of them was a former judgeâalready dismissed.
The other person...
Was Katie.
Katie?!
"Selina was passed out! Thereâs no way she âseducedâ anyoneâthis was clearly a setup by Katie!"
"Sheâs her stepmother! If Katie handed her a drink, what was Selina supposed to doârefuse? Katie got her drunk and dumped her in Ellisâs bed.
Then had the nerve to stage a fake âcheating scandalâ the next morning to ruin the real daughterâs reputation. What a manipulative homewrecker!"
"Poor Selina... I remember back then, no one in the Clark family believed her. They all sided with Katie and Angelica..."
"Donât say thatâit had nothing to do with Angelica!"
Logan gave a soft, mocking laugh and casually glanced toward the speaker.
The recording continued. More voices came through:
"I... I was the director of the 10th competition. Katie came to me with a million bucks, trying to destroy Selinaâs chances. I refusedâso she went to Ellis instead."
"After it happened, James threatened me to stay quiet. I swear I didnât mean toâMiss Clark, please forgive me!"
"I knew everything... but the Clark family paid so much money to keep people silent. How could I speak up? Iâm sorryâIâm sorry! But I was terrified of Angelica. She has so many fans. If I said anything, Iâd be done for!"
"Ellis controlled everything last time. Angelicaâs win was rigged from the start. I heard Mr. Clark, James, and Katie all say Selina was in the wayâand they had to get rid of her. I couldnât go up against the Clark family..."
...
The crowd erupted.
Joe instinctively looked over at Angelicaâshe bit her lip and looked away.
Everyone was stunned. Horrified. Speechless.
So much for not knowing anything...
The Clark family knew everything.
"To protect a stepdaughter like Angelica, youâd rather see your own daughter ruined? My godâthatâs chilling. What the hell is the Clark family thinking?"
"A vicious stepmother, a manipulative stepsister, and a father with no brain... the Clark family is truly something else!"
Someone glared at James.
"You and Katie worked together to hurt Selinaâand you still walk around acting high and mighty? You think you deserve that attitude?!"
Insults and condemnation erupted from every direction.
Jamesâs face turned red, twisted with anger and shame.
He snapped, yelling, "Shut up! Shut your mouths! NonsenseâIâm her father!"
Someone sneered, "Oh, now you remember youâre her father? Then whyâd you pay off judges with Katie? Why destroy Selinaâs name?"
James, whoâd lived a life of privilege and pride, was now cornered and humiliated by people younger than him. He was shaking with rage.
"You... you allâ"
But it was useless. He was undeniably in the wrong.
Facing Grandpa Clarkâs stunned expression, he couldnât say a word.
Logan, fingers still and gaze cold, said flatly, "Iâm still waiting for your answers."
The entire Clark family froze.
Answers?
What answers were they supposed to give?
Selina blinked, her voice light but cutting.
"So, whatâs the situation now? Two years ago, I didnât seduce a judge. But somehow, today I did? Dad? Grandpa? My dear stepmother? Donât you think I deserve an explanation?"
Their bodies stiffened in unison.
Hearing Selina call them "Dad" and "Grandpa" was pure irony now.
Jamesâs face was ashen. "We..."
How could he possibly still say this was all Selinaâs fault?
Logan was firmly standing by Selinaâs side. If they didnât get past him, what would happen to Angelica?
Someone had to be sacrificed.
It was the only way to contain the damage.
James gave Katie a long, loaded look.
Katieâs heart dropped.
She felt it. That terrible sinking feelingâsomething was very, very wrong.
Her reputation was already in ruins. If they threw her under the bus now, it would end everything.
James swallowed hard.
"Mr. Reid, Iâve looked into everything. The one responsible is... Katieâ"
Before he could finish, Katie suddenly screamed, "Ahhh!!"
She realized it.
They were going to throw her under the bus.
She was going to be the scapegoat!
She didnât care about appearances anymoreâshe rushed forward and clung to Jamesâs leg.
"No! No! It wasnât me! I did it all for the Clark family! You canât sacrifice me, please donâtâ!"
Katie still couldnât understand how she had walked herself right into this.
Wasnât it supposed to be Selinaâruined, disgraced, and destroyed in front of everyone?
James snapped, furious.
"Enough! You still have the nerve to call yourself innocent? Shut up!"
The evidence was irrefutable. Katie had been caught on video.
Of course the Clark family was going to cut her loose now.
Angelicaâs vision blurred for a moment.
Her motherâher most trusted allyâwas about to be taken out of the game.
She couldnât let that happen.
Butâ
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Selina suddenly stepped up beside her.
In a voice only Angelica and Katie could hear, she whispered:
"If you beg me for it, Iâll spare Katie. Deal?"