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!

to tremble violently, legs

out to steady him. "Ethan,

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

gently pushing Victor away. His voice was icy, "Victor, please go and

Victor asked

out who dared to harm my sister," Ethan replied,

patted his

to the spot for a while before finally

in darkness, the faint glow of

information Quinn had dug up for

year ago, Claire had been admitted to

involved a forced kidney removal, it made sense that, weakened by the loss, she would be moved to avoid further harm.

having steel needles driven into his heart, the pain nearly

he quickly

dig deeper into the hospital visit Claire made a

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