Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 87

Ethan couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw Claire's indifference. "Claire!"

But Claire acted as if she hadn't heard him. She walked straight to the dining table, picked up a fork, and began eating on her own.

Her blatant disregard for Nathan's condition left both Adah and Ethan feeling cold- hearted and disillusioned.

Tears streaming down her face, Adah implored, "Claire, have you no heart? Your father is in such a state, and you can still think about food?"

Claire picked up a piece of roast beef and chewed it slowly.

Delicious!

It was almost laughable. At twenty-three, it was the first time she had tasted such succulent roast beef.

Back at the orphanage, there was never roast beef to be had.

After returning to the Linwood family, meals consisted of leftovers and cold dishes.

The irony was that it wasn't until she was in prison that she tasted hot, freshly cooked meals. If it weren't for Brian's special arrangements for her in prison, she would have believed the life there was far better than at the orphanage or with the Linwoods.

with your heartlessness? Why is it that

Chinese New Year during her senior year of high school. She had a high fever for three days and nights, bedridden in the storage

returned from her holiday that she found Claire barely clinging to life. Had

she had died, the Linwood family probably wouldn't

feeling sorry for her, mentioned it to Nathan and Adah. And

just pretending to be sick for sympathy. I know her better than you do, May. If you're so

if you're upset with us, you shouldn't hide in your room for three days without

hadn't eaten or drunk anything

get some water when she overheard these words, and a chill spread through her body, as

more intense. "Claire, when have we ever abandoned you?

didn't even

imply? It showed they had never really considered her

worth less than

from her illness, Vanessa's dog

to the vet, spending over ten thousand dollars, but they couldn't

the family was inconsolable,

a beloved