Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 58

Ethan's eyes sharpened immediately. He knew Victor too well to believe things could be this straightforward. "Just say what's on your mind, Victor."

Victor's Adam's apple bobbed as he struggled to speak. "Ethan, Claire's scar... her left kidney is missing. From what I've observed, the scar is about a year old. A year ago, she was in prison..."

Ethan felt as if thunder had struck him on a clear day. He stood frozen, his mind buzzing.

His eyes widened as he stared at Victor, his face a portrait of shock and disbelief.

"Victor, you must be joking. How could she lose a kidney in prison? That's impossible, absolutely impossible."

Victor pressed his lips together and silently took out his phone. He pulled up a photo he had taken and handed it to Ethan.

In the picture, the scar on Claire's lower back twisted grotesquely, resembling a centipede clinging to her skin. The scar was a dark hue, and the surrounding skin had a few faint wrinkles.

Ethan's face turned ashen at the sight.

His sister had had a kidney removed while she was in prison!

tremble violently, legs

steady him. "Ethan,

in utter agony, feeling a suffocating pain in his chest as if invisible hands were squeezing his heart, making it hard to breathe. Simultaneously, he burned

himself before gently pushing Victor away. His voice was icy, "Victor, please

about you?" Victor

dared to harm my sister,"

his shoulder

rooted to the spot for

faint glow of his cigarette briefly illuminating his stern,

replayed the information Quinn

admitted to a hospital, and

that, weakened by the loss, she would be moved to avoid

like having steel needles driven into

suddenly, he quickly dialed Quinn's

need you to dig deeper into the hospital visit

what it takes, find out which hospital she went to,