My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 274

The stench was so nauseating that it almost made me throw up. I could barely hold it in even if I pinched my nose, and yet, Robert asked me whether I liked the smell.

"What smell is this?" I was frowning so hard my forehead hurt.

Before Robert got to answer my question, the older man looked at me all terrified and mumbled in French, but I couldn't understand a word of French.

"Are you the one who locked him down here?" I asked Robert.

"Yes. He had committed a crime," he replied nonchalantly.

"What did he do wrong to be locked here?" I asked again.

Hearing that, Robert smiled at me before stretching his hand out and pulling off a piece of white cloth. Underneath it was a transparent glass container that contained… something which resembled an organ! The sight of it was nauseating.

I almost threw up but managed to hold it in and asked, "You mentioned that there is something in here that belongs to me. What is it?"

With that, Robert looked at me before shifting his glance over to the organ.

"Don't tell me…" I was in shock.

"These are both your failed kidneys back then. I have brought them back without Mom's knowledge, but I've been storing them for you. I could have met you earlier, but Mom was keeping a close eye on me, and she didn't want me to disturb your life."

No wonder I smelled Formalin. I couldn't hold in the nauseousness anymore and threw up on the ground. Seeing that, Robert came over and patted my back before asking concernedly, "You alright?"

"You're disgusting!" I exclaimed as I tried to catch my breath. He made me see my kidneys that had been removed from me… The thought of it made me throw up even more!

It took me a while to finally stop throwing up, and Robert had been standing next to me as he patted my back with his palm. Only after I had thrown up my lunch that I recalled Emma's words—that Robert was a brutal man. The smell of rotting flesh is…

I immediately looked over at that old man and asked, "Do you speak Russian?"

Hearing that, he nodded. "What happened?" I asked.

"He is a devil!"

Before the elderly man could speak, Robert jumped in and answered my question. "He is Alain, that man whom Mom was waiting for. Too bad she'll never see him again because he will never leave here alive. He hasn't eaten for five days, and his body is full of injuries. He will die here in a few hours, and no one will know!" He paused before adding with a smile, "You're the only one who knows."

He was smiling as he spoke, and I quickly went over and removed the rug on the old man's legs. The next thing that I saw almost gave me a nervous breakdown! Both of his legs were covered in wounds, and the flesh was starting to rot! The sight of it was so sickening that I started dry heaving. Robert then came over to pat my back, but I pushed him away and yelled, "Get away from me!"

I had never thought that… he would be this vicious! He seemed like an innocent young man, so how could he do something like this? On top of that, the elderly man was his relative! How viscous could he get?

"Why are you doing this?" I hissed.

I was overwhelmed by disgust, and I turned my gaze to my kidneys again but immediately looked away when I heard his voice once again. "So what if I stored your kidneys? That's because I care about you since you're the person I care most about in the world besides Mom. Ree, I didn't do this to him on purpose! He should blame himself for what he had done. Did you know that he had been hurting Mom again and again? Throughout the 24 years that they were married, he had hit Mom 53 times. The slashes on his legs are for each time he has hit Mom. This is his retribution, and he deserves it!"

Robert sought revenge, but his ways were too brutal, which broke my heart. He shouldn't have turned out like this! He should be a carefree young man and not someone who seeks retribution in such a way! This had turned him into a monster! I shut my eyes as I refused to look at whatever was around me, especially my kidneys, which had been soaked in Formalin for ten years. I felt pure abjection.

Suddenly, Robert lifted his hand and touched my cheeks, but I was so repulsed by him that I took a step back and opened my eyes as I shouted, "Don't touch me with your hand!"

"Take me away now," I instructed. As I turned around, Robert's phone rang.

"What is it?" He furrowed his brows upon answering the phone. He spoke French, and the other person was speaking French too.

I had no idea what the person from the other side of the phone said, but I noticed that his face had turned pale. He looked over at me and spoke in a dejected tone, "My Mom is my belief, and she's someone whom I'll protect with my life, but Ree, I've just lost her."

My mother just passed away?! But it had just been 20 minutes since we took the elevator here! That's too soon?! I can't be…

I wanted to leave that place that instant, but Robert was grabbing onto my hand and speaking weakly, "I've been a sickly child since young, and it was Mom who gave me a second chance in life when no one was willing to stay by my side!"

With that, he ran away swiftly and soon disappeared. I got lost when I was trying to chase behind him. That's right; I got lost within the underground tunnels as there were a few intersections within the tunnel itself.

I didn't know where I was and was wandering in the tunnel. I had thought of retreating to the room where we were, but I didn't want to see the kidneys that had been preserved for ten years and that old man!

I almost lost hope until I recalled that I had brought my cell phone with me! Shawn was the first person who popped into my head, and I quickly made a phone call to him. It never occurred to me that Joseph was the one who was nearest to me.