Chapter 144

May was visibly shaken. "How is that possible? When Miss Claire went to prison five years ago, she was perfectly healthy."

Her words were like a bomb dropped into a tranquil river, shattering the silence.

Aberdeen, Grace, and Sean all widened their eyes in shock.

If Claire was healthy before her imprisonment but missing a kidney afterward, it suggested that the organ was taken during her incarceration.

A heavy silence descended over them, like a suffocating blanket.

Sean recalled the documents he'd reviewed earlier that morning.

Liam hadn't uncovered anything about Claire losing a kidney, but given the torment she'd endured over the years, it wasn't hard to surmise that the loss was connected to those who'd harmed her.

What kind of deep-seated hatred would drive someone to do such a thing to a fragile young woman?

Even Sean, who considered himself ruthless, couldn't fathom such cruelty.

each minute stretching painfully as they

rosary, praying fervently for

wept silently, hearts

door to the emergency room finally opened, and a weary doctor emerged, pulling down his mask. "She's stable for now, but she'll need to stay in the hospital for further observation.

exhaled in relief, their hearts easing just a

shadowed with fatigue and regret. The confident man he

toward

the door, the head

and she seemed startled to

his mind consumed

nurse a second glance as he

appearing oddly satisfied. Ethan assumed he'd

drained of energy, every bit of his

and frowned, "Haven't found that

disbelief. "Dad, Claire

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