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.

spoke slowly, "Haven't you already shattered my heart with your heartlessness? Why is it

the storage room, but no one from the Linwood family so much as glanced her way. No one brought her water or

barely clinging to life. Had May come back a day later, Claire might have died in that

died, the Linwood family probably wouldn't have

sorry for her, mentioned it to

she'd die from a fever. She's just pretending to be sick for sympathy. I know her better than you do, May. If you're so free,

sighed, "Oh, Claire, even if you're upset with us, you shouldn't hide in your room for three days without eating

all along that she hadn't eaten or drunk anything for three days, yet she didn't

overheard these words, and a chill spread through her body, as if she were plunged into an

grew more intense. "Claire, when have we ever abandoned you? You can't just speak against your

even remember what

showed they had never really considered her

life was worth less than Vanessa's

after Claire recovered from her

the dog to the vet, spending

the family was inconsolable,

the Linwood family had lost a beloved pet. Those who didn't