Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

170 It's a family matter!

"Please. Don't hurt him.""

Grace yelled once more, trying to stop her mother from begging for that good-for-nothing father. Penny, on the other hand, could only watch this unfold in disbelief.@

Anyone could tell that woman was beaten every second of her life by that man. Her bruises were enough to tell that the man never held back. If anything, it seemed he was slowly killing her. No one would be surprised if she ended up dead in his hands.

And yet, now that someone was standing up for her, she was begging him not to hurt her abuser?

What an irony.

Penny slowly shifted her eyes to Grace, understanding why Grace told her in the past her mother left her. What Grace's mother was doing wasn't protecting Grace, but protecting that right now was already

monster. The woman could've died or left, but what she was doin #ace, but protecting that

abandoning her daughter.

"Ma'am, Hugo called sternly, but the woman clasped his leg even tighter.

"Please." the woman begged and shook her head. "No more. Please, just go away. This is a family matter. Just leave us alone."

"Hah!" her husband snorted and looked at Hugo mockingly. "See?! You brat! Acting like a hero -

ou think you're some sort of hero rescuing the day?!"

He slowly got up once again, sneering. "You brat. Since you liked butting into other people's business, fine! I'll show you what you get for that!"

of his tongue, he lunged at Hugo once

to help her brother. Grace's mother was holding Hugo's leg and that coward

of her eyes. She stopped and turned her head, but the figure was not there anymore. After a second, she heard Grace's father squeal. "Ahh!" the man found himself back on the ground, this time, with someone standing over him with his feet on his

to do with my son? Charles's face darkened, e como te

face twitched as he ground his teeth.

ready to kill this man

Penny blurted out, her eyes dilating at the sight of her father. That

glanced at his father, surprised. "Dad..." he called, a bit confused because this

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It's a family

a short siren from the end of the alley-like route. Following that

her shoulders and his eyes. scanning her

Haines. Penny blinked, studying Haines's

his eyes at her and huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a

shook her head. "Brother Hugo is with me to protect

Hugo. "Hugo, are you

Haines. Hugo glanced at his uncle before his eyes fell on the woman. "Ma'am, are

down when the woman loosened her grip and almost

smile as she

lips as she watched her mother fight to stay conscious. Seeing this, Charles and Haines got a grasp of the situation. Charles then glared daggers at

I said, it's a family matter! These kids are just overreacting!" the man explained in frustration. "There's no such

Charles clasped his shoulders. Looking at his father on his side, Charles

police were still listening to him! Penny, on

looked at the entrance of the station, all she saw was Allison running toward