Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

Claire awoke once more in Ethan's room.

As she opened her eyes, she saw Mary, sitting by the bedside, gently applying ointment to her swollen face with a cotton swab, her expression filled with concern.

When she noticed Claire was awake, she quickly asked, "Miss Claire, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

Claire stared vacantly at Mary's moving lips, tears silently falling.

Mary's eyes reddened with worry, "Miss Claire, what's wrong? Did I hurt you?"

Claire could hardly hear what Mary was saying.

Nathan's slap had further impaired the hearing in her already weakened right ear, leaving her only able to catch faint sounds.

However, she had learned to read lips and understood what Mary was saying.

Before prison, she hadn't known how to read lips.

It was only after she lost hearing in her left ear and struggled to understand the orders barked at her that she was subjected to even harsher punishments. To avoid more beatings, she forced herself to learn lip-reading, so even if she couldn't hear clearly, she could still grasp what they were trying to convey.

Suppressing her bitterness, Claire forced a smile, "Mary, I'm fine, just... really hungry."

unpleasant events of the morning, Mary

and

would you like to eat,

"A light noodle soup."

make it right

nodded, sitting up against the headboard, her eyes blank

and the door

was Mary, but

pang in her heart, but

some light noodle

Claire herself, but Claire

Claire reached for the

white noodles stood out, while the clear

of elaborate seasoning,

picked up the noodles with her fork, slowly chewing them, and

noodles your mom made?" Adah asked,

paused in her eating,

Vanessa hasn't been served noodles made by me. You're the

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