Chapter 186
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 186<\/p>\n
Aiken walked up to Lawrence, his eyes drifting from the trash bag Lawrence was holding to the quiet gloom inside the apartment.<\/p>\n
\u201cLawrence, you know it\u2019s illegal to just walk into someone\u2019s home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence stood at the door, silent, barely moving. Tension crackled in the air. Once, he would have chased away any guy with a hint of bad intentions around Bonnie, no questions asked.<\/p>\n
But now, it felt like anyone\u2014literally anyone\u2014deserved to be by Bonnie\u2019s side more than he ever could.<\/p>\n
Who was he, really? He was the one who\u2019d hurt her the most.<\/p>\n
Nothing could make up for what he did. No amount of regret, no punishment, would ever be enough.<\/p>\n
If not for him, Bonnie wouldn\u2019t have lost hearing in her left ear, wouldn\u2019t have fallen out with her parents, wouldn\u2019t have been attacked online, bullied, or pushed to the brink while she just tried to start over. She wouldn\u2019t be living through this nightmare all over again.<\/p>\n
Lawrence blinked hard, trying to clear his red, sore eyes. Faces blurred. His sharpness was gone, replaced by a quiet emptiness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe threats and harassment Bonnie\u2019s been dealing with, the cyberbullying\u2026\u201d Lawrence\u2019s voice scraped at his throat, every word hurting, \u201c\u2026what evidence do you have?\u201d<\/p>\n
Aiken hesitated, then caught on. He thought it over before answering, \u201cWe\u2019ve got plenty of evidence, and a few suspects in custody. But the trail leads overseas, to someone with American citizenship. They\u2019re refusing to cooperate. To dig any deeper is going to take us a lot of time and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence understood immediately. \u201cCan you show me what you have?\u201d He sounded like he was struggling just to get the words out.<\/p>\n
Aiken shot a look inside. Bonnie was still asleep. Lawrence looked like he\u2019d fall over if he let go of the doorframe. After a moment\u2019s silence, Aiken pulled out his phone, finding the files he and Patton had put together.<\/p>\n
The light from the screen made Lawrence squint, but it wasn\u2019t the worst part. It was the things he saw on that screen\u2014the photos, the words. Every one hit like a knife to the gut.<\/p>\n
He\u2019d spent so long running away, hiding his panic behind caring for Jasper. Meanwhile, Bonnie had been fighting through harassment that never seemed to end.<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t understand how anyone could put that much energy into being cruel. All the ways they found to tear Bonnie down, bit by bit, piece by piece.<\/p>\n
Lawrence met Aiken\u2019s gaze, his vision swimming with red. \u201cWhatever you can\u2019t find, I will. Leave the rest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
What he couldn\u2019t do before, he was ready to do now.<\/p>\n
Aiken looked at him, taking in the bloodshot eyes, the hollowed-out look. Lawrence reminded him of a wounded lion\u2014battered, alone, still standing even after losing everyone he cared about.<\/p>\n
Right on the edge of despair, still somehow forcing himself to go on.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re really going to help, then Bonnie\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawrence cut him off, voice barely more than a whisper. \u201cShe can\u2019t know I was here. Don\u2019t tell her, please.\u201d<\/p>\n
His heart was breaking apart, but he couldn\u2019t help repeating himself, softer every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-854","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}