Broken Family After Betrayal Chapter 07By Novel7s / May 30, 2026 Broken Family After Betrayal Chapter 07When they took Cassie away, she wailed and sobbed, hysterical. She kept looking back over her shoulder, hoping Dad would show up to save her the way he always had. But Dad never left Mom’s funeral viewing room. Grandpa set the dogs on him. Grandma threw boiling water at him. Still, he wouldn’t leave. Grandpa and Grandma insisted on cremation. Dad disagreed. But no one cared what he wanted anymore. He ran after the car for a long, long time. He ran until his shoes wore through and blood seeped out, dotting the ground behind him. Then, suddenly, Mom took a sharp breath. Air rushed into her lungs as if it had been waiting for permission. Grandpa immediately helped her steady her breathing, his hands trembling with care. Once the color returned to her face, Grandma lost it. She swatted at her, the blows fueled by fury. Her palm rose high, then fell gently. Toward Mom, they felt nothing but guilt. After receiving news of her death, Grandpa and Grandma rushed over without stopping. But they were still too late. Mom had encountered a mudslide. But somehow, just like a miracle, the vehicle swerved at the last second and she just barely made it out alive. She could have gone back. But she chose not to. She already knew Carl. He was someone Grandpa had personally promoted. After dying once, saw everything clearly. She contacted Carl through Grandpa and asked them to help her stage a performance. A performance where Delaney would never come back. “You foolish, ungrateful child. All these years of hardship, and it never once crossed your mind to come home?” “And you dragged us into this charade–at our age! And making Olivia live through all that terror!” Mom held me tightly in her arms. She didn’t let out a long breath until she felt the warmth of my small body against her. “I was wrong. It’s all my fault.” “I shouldn’t have given up my future for Jonathan.” “I shouldn’t have lived these six years without any protection.” “And I shouldn’t have believed he would ever change.” “Mom, Dad… I was wrong about everything.” Grandpa broke first. The four of us cried together inside the car. “You’re back. That’s all that matters. You’re back.” “Jonathan really believes you’re dead. He’s not even looking after Cassie anymore.” “Before we leave, I’ll make sure they pay.” What followed was chaos. Cassie had broken confidentiality protocol–leaked classified data. The scandal tore through the plant. Everyone had already seen Mom being dragged away, after all. But no one expected the truth to be this twisted. Mom had been taking the blame for someone else. “Wait–Jonathan and Cassie were together this whole time? And he made his wife take the fall for his mistress?” “I heard Cassie was actually the real wife. What’s going on here?” “Don’t be ridiculous. Delaney and Jonathan already held a wedding ceremony.” “He just betrayed her. It’s like the farmer and the snake story.” The rumors snowballed. His spotless reputation was ruined. People threw rotten eggs. at him on the street. Cassie wasn’t doing any better either. She was now entangled in a military tribunal investigation at the Crestwood Field Office. The data she leaked was related to military engineering projects, and its sensitivity had never been properly disclosed. The higher–ups, too afraid to come clean, had planned to run limited tests on some of the machines first. Cassie’s leak destroyed decades of work. Worse, she’d sold the data to the underground market.
