Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 779: He’s Victor’s Brother

Ella Bailey turned her head, following Tina's motion.

On the surveillance screen, a room filled with sophisticated medical equipment came into view. A woman lay on the bed, her face deathly pale, her body devoid of vitality. Only the faint white mist on the light blue oxygen mask of the ventilato proved that she was still alive.

There was no sound in the footage, but Ella Bailey could almost hear the rhythmic beeping of the monitors in her ears.

She held her breath. Her heartbeat thudded violently, reverberating through her chest.

Even though she didn't understand medicine, she could tell that her mother's condition wasn't good.

The arms that had once held her so gently were now scarred, deep and shallow cuts crisscrossing her skin.

Some of the older wounds had healed, leaving white marks behind. The newer ones, grayish-brown scabs, threatened to shred Ella's fragile nerves.

"Mom..."

Her lips trembled, her teeth chattered, and the single word that escaped her throat came out broken and hoarse.

Tears began to fall, her sobs spreading like ripples through the quiet living room.

Tina watched silently. With a wave of her hand, Courtney and the others standing behind her led Elsa upstairs. At the top of the stairs, Elsa couldn't resist glancing back.

The Ella Bailey who had always flaunted her strength and pride now looked like a child who had lost her most treasured possession.

Her shoulders shook, her helplessness and despair stark and overwhelming.

blood of her parents after they jumped to their deaths, the world crumbling around her. Perhaps... perhaps she had truly

thought was cut short as Elsa ascended the

the years, you've helped Victor with so many things-all

and upright figure now slowly sank to

he'd tell me where my mom was.

urging her to look

"Do you

know those people?"

invisibility. Ella

gaze froze, and after a moment of disbelief,

thoughts swirling. "He's Victor's

been thrown into the middle of some grand deception. She sniffled, her voice trembling. "Yes. He's Victor's half-brother, Ozan Bailey. But according to the Bailey family records, he's been dead for over a decade

"Mmm! Mmm!"

his mouth, but his wide, glaring eyes locked onto Ella Bailey, as if he had something urgent to say. Tina walked over and ripped the tape from his mouth.

me-he said if I watched over this Farrell woman for him, he'd take me back when it was all over! You

sharpened, a glint of steel flashing in her eyes. "So it was

back, his small, beady eyes darting nervously. But then he puffed up his chest, glaring defiantly. "So what if I was? Listen here, you brat-if you don't release

you think I care

see Victor for what he is. No wonder you've been played like a fool.

Victor wouldn't lie to you?" Her tone lifted slightly, almost playful. "Shall I fetch the family records for you? I promise, all 180 pages of the Bailey family history, and you won't find a single sentence

true!" Ozan Bailey's face turned red, his voice trembling. "He promised me! He promised

who climbed to power by stepping on the very woman who helped him get there-do you really think he'd treat you, his rival for the family fortune,

was used long ago by Victor to dig up the grave of the woman he hated

your grandfather left you