From Forgotten Wife To Fierce Queen - Chapter 341: Chapter 341

The Godard family had been caught up in such a massive scandal, especially with Edmond and Zim's deep connections to the dark web. There was no way Logan, being in the military, wouldn't be affected.
It was clear to Jolin now—aside from the two guards who had been by Logan's side for years, the others had been specially assigned to watch over him.
Realizing this, Jolin furiously punched the wall. She thought, 'Damn Edmond and Zim. Because of their selfish desires, they've nearly ruined Uncle's entire family, and now they've dragged my father into this mess.
For so many years, my father has risked his life for the country, earning countless honors, and now, because of those two scoundrels, he—'
Jolin didn't dare to think further. She couldn't imagine what would happen if Logan could no longer remain in the military.
'He could retire with honor, but not like this.' The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She wished she could storm back to the station and drag those two out for a beating.
Inside the ward, it was quiet except for the beeping of medical equipment. The two men who had entered with Logan were disciplined—they simply stood by the door, ensuring they could see and hear him at all times.
Logan understood their position and nodded politely before walking slowly toward the hospital bed.
It had been two years since he last saw Anna. He had spoken to her over the phone during Christmas. But now, Anna was lying in a hospital bed, relying on machines to keep her alive.
Perhaps hearing the sound, or perhaps sensing his presence, Anna's tightly shut eyes slowly opened. The moment she saw Logan, she became emotional.
"L-Logan...you finally...came back." Anna struggled to express how much she had missed him. Even now, forming a complete sentence was a challenge for her.
"Yes." Logan sat by the hospital bed, looking at his elderly mother. A mix of emotions surged within him.
"You're back... You're not leaving again, are you?" Anna struggled to move her hand, trying to hold Logan's.
Logan took her hand first. "Mm, I won't be leaving for now."
"Then don't leave. Don't go back. Stay home, join the company...In the future...the company will still have to rely on you," Anna spoke in a broken rhythm, but her eyes gleamed with hope.
Logan frowned and withdrew his hand from Anna's grasp. "Mom, are you still not thinking straight? After everything that's happened, how have you still not come to your senses?"
"I...I...I only did it...for you." Anna looked at Logan eagerly, tears brimming in her eyes, full of grievance. "Everything I did...was for you."
"For me? What did you do for me? You know I never wanted to go into business, and I have no interest in getting caught up in meaningless family disputes.
"All I ever wanted was to protect my own beliefs. Why do you keep clinging to this? If you truly did it for me, then you should just accept your role as the matriarch and enjoy your old age in peace."
Logan hadn't planned on talking to Anna about these things this time. He had only come to check out on Anna's illness.
He hadn't expected that even now, with Anna lying in a hospital bed, barely able to speak clearly, she was still fixated on these matters.
"Mom, look at the Godard family. What has it become? Look at yourself—what have you become? Have you never reflected on any of this?" Logan felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.
Because of this incident, his military career was likely coming to an end. He understood the organization's decision. If he were in their position, he would have made the same choice. But he was unwilling to accept it.
Since childhood, Logan had known that his parents favored him—especially Anna.
He was well aware that this kind of favoritism would bring chaos to the family. On top of that, he had never been interested in business, so he had chosen to attend a military academy and enlisted in the army right after graduation.
He had thought he had made his stance clear enough. At the very least, his father had accepted and fully supported his decision.
But Anna had never given up on the idea of making him leave the military and take over the family business. That was one of the main reasons he rarely came home.
On one hand, military life was genuinely busy. On the other hand, he wanted to completely erase his mother's unrealistic expectations. He knew he wasn't cut out for business. Only someone like Tyson, a man born for it, could ensure the Godard family's continued success.
Yet, no matter how Logan looked at it, he never imagined things would escalate to this point.
"Mom, this time, you really made a mistake." Logan's eyes were filled with frustration. "Thanks to you, I might actually be coming home now—but in the most disgraceful way possible."
Logan could no longer say another word. He stood up, turned around, and left the ward without hesitation, ignoring Anna's desperate cries behind him.
In the end, Edmond fully cooperated with the investigation and interrogation, admitting to everything.
Christopher, on the other hand, kept protesting his innocence during repeated questioning, insisting that he had nothing to do with it and that everything had been Edmond's doing. He claimed he had been unaware at the start. But faced with overwhelming evidence, he had no choice but to surrender.
Later, Christopher tried to find someone to hire a top-tier lawyer for his defense, only to realize that he had no one left to turn to. Not a single person was willing to help him—not even his wife, Florence.
A thorough investigation confirmed that when Edmond and Christopher were conspiring, Florence had indeed been completely unaware. Moreover, both men had always been vague and misleading when speaking to her, leaving her with very little useful information to provide.
Aside from that, Zim fully confessed to his crimes, insisting that everything had been his doing alone and that no one else was involved.
However, the investigation revealed that Anthony, Mary, Sandy, Keeley, and the others had clearly been aware of Zim's ambitions and schemes. And they knew that Zim had all harbored delusions of rising to power.
But when it came to the actual execution, Zim, being cautious, had never shared the specifics with any of them. After all, to Zim, none of them were truly trustworthy.
Ironically, this ended up helping them escape legal consequences. In the entire incident, aside from their acts of violence, they had not committed any clear-cut crimes.
As for Josie's nightly milk, Keeley had indeed known about it and had even been asked by Zim to prepare it for Josie a few times. However, the milk she had made had been harmless. She had no idea that Zim had been poisoning the milk Josie drank.
At the moment, the police had no way to verify this. The siblings had coordinated their statements perfectly, making it impossible to directly prove Keeley's involvement in the poisoning. Even so, Jolin wasn't willing to let them off the hook so easily.
She knew full well that these people weren't innocent. There might have been things they hadn't known, but they were far from guiltless.
As Jolin racked her brain for a way to uncover more evidence within the limited time she had, the Godard family's lawyer arrived, stating outright that they intended to bail the suspects out.
Jolin was stunned. Refusing to give up, she immediately called Max. She knew that Tyson had left the follow-up handling of the matter to Max. "Max, did you send a lawyer to bail out Keeley and the others?"
Max replied, "Yes, that's right. We're going through the legal process to get them out."
"But—"
"That's it. I have things to do." Max said and hung up the phone.
"Ms. Godard, let's just follow the standard procedure," the lawyer said with a smile.
Jolin felt stifled, clenching her teeth as she glared at the smiling lawyer in front of her. "Come with me."