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

reached out to steady him.

hands were squeezing his heart, making it hard to breathe. Simultaneously, he burned with fury, his teeth

gently pushing Victor away. His voice was icy, "Victor, please go and check on my sister in

you?" Victor asked with

dared to harm my

his shoulder

to the spot

cloaked in darkness, the faint glow of his cigarette briefly illuminating

replayed the information Quinn

admitted to a

different cell. If that visit involved a forced kidney removal, it made sense that, weakened

was like having steel needles driven into his heart, the pain

he

dig deeper into the hospital visit Claire made a

out which hospital she went to, what happened,