411 No hard feelings (1)

"Duchess, you are free to leave if you still want to. We've heard enough from you at the moment and if there is something else we want to hear, we will send for you again. The matter with your inheritance has been settled since your stepmother paid you back. However, we need to look into any abuse you endured before you married the Duke. All of you will need to come to the court again," Mark said.

Unlike this meeting which already had the decision made before the family showed up, they would be joined by other men of the court who would all decide the punishments for anyone who might have hurt Alessandra. They were still receiving information from servants who once worked for Desmond first before they would question the ones still working there now.