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.

each minute stretching painfully as

a rosary, praying

and May wept silently, hearts breaking for Claire's

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

their hearts easing

looked disheveled, his eyes shadowed with fatigue and regret. The

wandered distractedly toward Nathan's

door, the head nurse emerged, her face

noticeably swollen, and she seemed startled to see Ethan, her

her with a nod, his mind consumed by thoughts

nurse a second glance as

with bandages on his arm, shoulder, and hip, was adjusting his trousers, appearing oddly satisfied. Ethan assumed he'd just used the restroom and

drained of energy, every bit of his strength sapped

noticed his son's demeanor and frowned, "Haven't found that little

disbelief. "Dad, Claire is your daughter. You can't