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.

herself standing amidst the blood of her parents after they jumped to their deaths, the world crumbling around her. Perhaps... perhaps

thought was cut short as

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

upright figure now slowly sank to the

where my mom was. I never imagined..... I didn't know she'd end up like this because of Victor."

urging her to look

"Do you

know those people?"

the ground, trying to shrink into invisibility. Ella Bailey, her tears nearly spent, wiped her face. Her

moment of disbelief, she stammered two words,

Tina murmured, her thoughts swirling.

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 hands and feet bound. Black tape sealed his mouth, but his wide, glaring eyes locked onto Ella Bailey,

said if I watched over this Farrell

steel flashing in her eyes. "So it was you? You were

each word a dagger. Ozan Bailey instinctively shrank 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 me right now, I'l tell my brother you betrayed

think I care about being

I have to say-I didn't expect this. After all these years, you still don't see Victor for what he is. No wonder you've been played like a fool. Once,

"Shall I fetch the family records for you? I promise, all 180 pages of the Bailey family history, and you

Ozan Bailey's face turned red, his voice trembling.

woman who helped him get there-do you really think he'd treat you, his rival for the family fortune, any better?" She toyed with a strand of her hair, her tone airy. "If I'm not mistaken, your grandfather must have left you

footage one last time, walked over slowly. "How could he? That money was used long ago by Victor to dig up the grave of the woman he

grandfather left you to condemn your mother to eternal