Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 62

Her voice was as soft as a whisper in the wind, lacking any persuasive power.

Ethan roared, "If you really cared, why insist on giving Vanessa the herbal tonic when you know she despises it? Why not give it to Claire?"

"Look at Claire—she's so thin it's alarming. Mom, can't you see who truly needs the nourishment?"

"Do you even realize Claire lost more than just a finger?" His voice broke off, and his heart ached as he recalled what Victor had revealed last night: Claire was missing a kidney.

Claire was only twenty-three. She had spent five years in prison, had a broken leg, and lost a kidney. Her future seemed bleak and predetermined.

Ethan's eyes were bloodshot, his heart heavy with sorrow. "Mom, Claire is your own flesh and blood. Can't you show her some compassion, treat her better, just this once?"

Adah was at a loss for words. Faced with Ethan's accusations, guilt washed over her, and tears began to fall.

"Enough!" Nathan suddenly barked, his expression dark and menacing. "Have you no respect? Is this how you speak to your mother?"

a daughter like Claire,

unlikable; she brought this

Frankly, I think both her hands should

fabrications that he began to believe them

Nathan's gaze, filled with profound disappointment. "When Claire was born, my mother begged

hadn't been lost, she would have had a

How can you say she

fault she was

in an orphanage? To live like a stray when

and relentless accusations, feeling a loud ringing in his

eyes burned with fury, a shameful

his hand and delivering a stinging

force of the blow turned Ethan's head to the side, and blood oozed

glimmers of hope