Chapter 139. Time To Face The Rhythm

Henry went stiff and his gaze momentarily flew to where Roxanne was seated beside Lance, finding her eyes glued on him before he looked away.

“I...” He hesitated. “I did so because I wanted to protect Roxanne.”

His answer left both Roxanne and Lance stunned and confused.

“Protect Roxanne?” Lance asked.

“Protect me?” Roxanne asked.

“Yes.” Henry nodded. “At the time which your parents had died and their case was being handled, Claude had been proven guilty In many ways and as a result asked to pay compensation worth thirty five billion to the victims daughter, Roxanne, or spend the rest of his life in jail. So Claude taught that if Roxanne wasn’t around then he could pass under the charges. He was planning on harming her in other to walk Scott free and I couldn’t allow that, so I bribed the judge to drop the case to make sure that Roxanne remained safe.”

Lance’s eyes narrowed in on his father and he frowned deeply. “You mean, that monster that kille