###Chapter 444 A Secret Revealed

There was a wind blowing in the corridor and it was very cold. Erin got up and said, "I'll I go to the ward station and ask the doctor if we can be discharged first, or if we can be transferred to the capital. It's going to be St. Patrick's Day soon. We also need the whole family to go back to the capital and celebrate the New Year together."

I nodded and watched her went to the nurse's station. I got up and went back to the ward. I saw Jordan Astley and Andrew Biden chatting.

I didn't eavesdrop on purpose, but when I tried to push the door, I heard Jordan Astley's voice, which sounded a little serious. He said, "You don't have to kill the Silverman family." The words were addressed to Andrew Biden.

Andrew Biden has a strong voice and doesn't seem to care. He responded, "The friendship between you and the Silverman family is not enough in exchange for how they hurt my daughter."

"But once something happens to the Silverman family, it's not easy to get away." In Jordan Astley's words, it was for the sake of Brad Silverman.

Andrew Biden sneered and responded, "I don't want to think about what happened between the Cheng family and you. When you joined Brad Silverman and planned to attack the Biden family, this showdown began." I got a little confused, after hearing their conversation. Jordan Astley was going to attack the Biden family.

Jordan Astley's voice calmed and said, "Whatever happened in those days is all over and since I want to start anew, I don't think it's necessary to bring it up again."

Andrew Biden's voice was deep and thick, he seemed in disdain by saying, "When you changed Ivelle Astley's DNA, you planned to start attacking the Biden family, didn't you? Letting Brad Silverman get close to my wife and let them join hands with you. Then you let Brad Silverman get the Biden's information from my wife. You didn't want Ivelle Astley to know about it. Because you were too afraid that if you destroy the Biden family, both of you will be irreconcilable. Am I right?".

I froze, my body we stiff a little, and it suddenly occurred to me that Brad Silverman and Erin had been walking around lately in private for quite some time. Later, Kyle Branson gave me a message that Brad Silverman and Erin joined hands to vent their anger to Krista Astley.

I looked at the two men in the ward, I can't help but take a step back.

Jordan Astley was ready to do it. Looking at him, he said with a light in his eyes, "It's not enough for the Biden family to cover the sky in the capital but they also wanted to extend their empire to Hempstead. It is impossible to say that I should not take any action."

"Huh?" Andrew Biden coldly hummed and said, "Although the Biden family has been in the underworld for many years, it has always been open and above the board. The business extended to Hempstead was only intended to find my daughter and not intended to cause any trouble to you."

"But Krista Astley is dead!", Jordan Astley spoke in a low and angry voice.

Andrew frowned and said, "It was an accident."

"So, it was not until today that we found out that it was an accident!", Jordan Astley spoke with a bit of coldness in his voice.

Andrew Biden coldly hummed, "You, young people, still think you are reasonable, that there is no reason to hurt other people. Andrew, if you want to have a good life with Ivelle, we better be able to forget the past and stop talking about it, otherwise, you and I will have a tough time in the future."

I pursed my lips and was not going to listen to them anymore. I went back to the hallway and sat down with the glass of water.

Four years ago, Jordan Astley's purpose of switching DNA seemed far from a simple switch as I thought. Also, Brad Silverman was awfully close to Erin but then left without saying goodbye. I have never studied these things carefully. And Krista Astley's death, I never thought that it would involve me.

When Erin came back, she saw that I sat in the hallway in a dazed and could not help but say, "Why are you still sitting here? The wind is too cold. Go back to the wardroom." And with that, she reached out and grabbed me and led me towards the ward.

In the ward, Jordan Astley and Andrew Biden had finished their conversation. Saw us coming in, Andrew Biden got up and habitually pulled Erin into his arms and said, "Where have you been?".

"I've asked the hospital if Jordan Astley can be transferred to the capital so that we can spend St. Patrick's Day together as a family this year," Erin answered with a looked of joy.

Looking at Jordan Astley, he said, "Please be careful. Since it's all right for you to get out of bed and walk around now."

Jordan Astley nodded and responded, "Yes, I will."

Erin smiled and said, "The doctor said, that as long as you can get out of bed and walk around and the wound not disrupted, you can be transferred to the capital hospital. Why don't we go through the discharge formalities in a few days and go back to the capital for St. Patrick's Day?"

Jordan Astley nodded, but there was no change in his mood. He nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Erin was happy and told Andrew Biden that she wanted to go to Seville. It was a prosperous capital and many foreign luxury goods can be bought there. Erin wants to go around.

Andrew Biden did not contradict the idea but agreed and went with her. Thus, left me and Jordan Astley in the room.

After I asked him about his wound, he sat on the sofa in a daze. He looked at me in a low, warm voice and said, "Ivelle, come here!".

Looking up at him, he patted the position beside him, smiled, and said, "Come and sit down with me!".

I got up, went to him, sat down, looked up at him, and smiled. I wanted to lean on his arms but the fear to hurt him, I leaned my head instead against his shoulder slightly. Not hard, but just closed to him.

He raised his hand then pressed me on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Lean on safely, it doesn't hurt now." I smiled; I cannot help but feel a little sore in the eyes. We watched by the window, the patter of the rain. Medford rain has become the standard since we came here.

Because he was going to be discharged from the hospital, Jordan Astley said that he would go to the police station to see Brad Silverman. I do not want to go but Jordan Astley urged me to go. I did not refuse since he was eager to bring me along with him, I agreed.

Brad Silverman's sentence on his criminal case was personally supervised by Orion Weld, so no matter how capable Brad was, there was nothing he could do. Money was sometimes too weak in the face of power.

As a result, Brad Silverman was convicted of intentional assault and sentenced to seven years in prison on the outskirts of Medford. Andrew Biden and Erin didn't want to see Brad Silverman, so they just asked the driver to take us there. The car stopped at the prison gate and I looked up at the big iron door. It was so high that by the look of this door, it was daunting enough.

Seven years later, Sunshine Weld was already twelve years old. Seven years do pass in a blink of an eye. When I try to open my mouth, I couldn't help but felt complicated and lamenting.

Jordan Astley smiled, reached out and grabbed me, patted me on the back of my hand, and smiled. He then said, "People always pay for their mistakes."