Chapter 1411 âBack in the day, the Hardy clan had fallen on hard times, deep in debt and having made more than a few enemies. It was common knowledge that there were plenty looking to settle scores with the Hardys, but every single one of them was thwarted by Yatesâ
intervention.
With Yatesâ protection, no soul dared to hurt the Hardys; not even the darkest shadows could get close to Pauline.
That was until Yates was strongâarmed by his father into marrying Samantha. Pauline, feeling betrayed, left, giving Gregory the chance. heâd been waiting for to exact his revenge.
Leading his band of thugs, Gregory slaughtered Paulineâs entire family. Then, in a heinous act, he had his goons take turns raping Pauline, who had just given birth.
The brutality was extreme; as my father told it, Pauline was left more than just physically brokenâit was a cruel, cruel deed, and she died with her eyes open in defiance.
At that time, Gregory didnât have the clout to cross Yates, so after the deed was done, he framed it to look like the work of some other Hardy enemy.
Yates spent years searching for the truth, and it wasnât until the Siren Organization emerged that he started putting together the pieces. It was after many years that, inspired by the Siren Organization, he founded Ace, spreading his network to hunt down members of the Siren Organization...â
After laying out the whole twisted web of betrayal between Pauline, Timothy, and Yates, Mr. Penrod looked up at the composed man across from him.
The one who truly ended Timothy was Yates himself, the master manipulator. Gregory was just playing hitman for Samantha. Perhaps Samantha saw an opportunity to rid herself of a problem with Yates planning to divorce her after their agreement ended. She simply decided to use Gregory as a pawn to eliminate Pauline.â
Bernardâs face was a mask of controlled rage, almost as if he blamed Mr. Penrod for not revealing these secrets sooner.
Facing Bernardâs icy demeanor, Mr. Penrod felt compelled to explain, âI didnât tell you all this before because, well, my aunt had a hand in it. Itâs a rather sordid affair.â
Bernard snorted coldly, âThe disgraceful acts donât end with Samanthaâs manipulation. Thereâs also the matter of the internal strife within Darkness, its dissolution, and its rebirth as the Siren Organization, right?â
Darkness, originally founded by Gregory, was now under the control of Xavier Penrod.
The details of what happened in the interim, where Gregory and the other Darkness members had gone, that was probably the most disgraceful part of it all.
âYou are the one piece I canât seem to control.â
Hearing it, Bernard remained silent.
Seeing this, Mr. Penrod couldnât help but smirk coldly before continuing indifferently.
âThe name change goes back to my father. He once saved Gregory, who, out of gratitude, made him his secondâinâcommand. My father didnât need these dark forces, given his own familyâs status. But the Penrod siblings were fiercely fighting over their inheritance, so my father leveraged this underworld power to his advantage.
Eventually, a power struggle erupted between my father and Gregory. My father, wanting to take the reins, began to plot Gregoryâs downfall. But the loyalty was to Gregory and his son Victor Howard. So, my father resorted to injecting Gregoryâs IV with a lethal dose. Victor caught him in the act. My father spared Victor at that moment, which led to Victor rallying the Darkness members against my father Unexpectedly, not only did Victor fail to kill my father, he was overpowered and killed instead... So my father took the opportunity to eliminate all of Gregory and Victorâs supporters within Darkness.
After the purge, he took his own loyalists, rebranded the organization based on the old Darkness model, and named it the Siren Organization. His reign was shortâlived, however, as he soon passed away. After his death, my uncles and other relatives nominated me to lead the Siren Organization. I was reluctant at first.â
Mr. Penrod paused, his gaze drifting through Bernardâs stoic facade to the graves of those long gone.
That year, your mother Tammie Pine, was driven to her death by your grandfather and Donna The Pines, cowardly as ever, wouldnât even acknowledge her wrongful death. And your father was left in the dark, sinking into a grief he couldnât escape. I stood before your mothers gravestone and swore to strengthen the Siren Organization, to hamess the power of all the families and wipe out the Stanley. Pine and Lourence familles Mr Penrode eyes fell, it seemed as if he was recalling some unpleasant memory, his expression heavy with the weight of it. Shidoâs been for Leonard Laurence riding his white horse past Tammie at the racetrack that day, she might never have fleeting glance A Second Chance At Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)
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He couldnât help but see the parallels between himself and Timothy. It wasnât that he was facing a madman like Yates; rather, his adversary was the feeble heir of the Laurence family, the scion who seemed to possess neither the strength of character nor the cunning required to be a true contender.
âEven though your father was never really a match for me, I despised him with every fiber of my being. Thatâs why, later on, I decided to take you under my wing, because...â
âBecause Iâm Leonard Laurenceâs kid. You wanted to mold me into a sharp and handy blade that you could then use to get back at the Stanley, Pine, and Laurence families?â asked Bernard.