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.

stretching painfully as

praying

silently, hearts breaking for Claire's

felt like an eternity, 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 need to

exhaled in relief, their hearts easing just

Cresthaven General Hospital, Ethan looked disheveled, his eyes shadowed with fatigue and regret. The confident man

distractedly toward Nathan's hospital

reached the door, the head nurse emerged, her

Her lips were noticeably swollen, and she seemed startled to see Ethan, her

mind consumed by thoughts of

didn't spare the nurse a second glance as he entered the

his trousers, appearing oddly satisfied.

energy,

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

twisted with anger and disbelief. "Dad, Claire is your daughter. You can't keep calling her