Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

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.

felt interminable, each minute stretching painfully as

rosary, praying fervently

May wept silently, hearts breaking for Claire's

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. We must closely monitor

their hearts

looked disheveled, his eyes shadowed with fatigue and regret. The confident man he once was seemed a

wandered distractedly toward Nathan's hospital

door, the head nurse emerged, her face flushed, perhaps

she seemed startled to

a nod, his mind consumed by thoughts of Claire, tangled and

spare the nurse a second glance

on his arm, shoulder, and hip, was adjusting his trousers, appearing oddly satisfied. Ethan assumed he'd

chair, drained of energy, every bit of his strength sapped

frowned, "Haven't found

face twisted with anger and disbelief. "Dad, Claire is your