SWNOVELS Chapter 103: Why Won't You Let Us Go?
Orchid heard the door open and turned her head, covering the side of her face that had been slapped. She squeezed out a bitter smile. "Tina, why are you here?" "Aunt Orchid," Tina replied coldly.
"This time, it's my fault." Orchid was full of remorse.
Tina didn't say anything.
"You are finally willing to come see your own grandmother!" Elizabeth looked at Tina with a sneer.
"I'm here to take my brother back," Tina said dispassionately, glancing around the ward. She asked coldly, "Where's Zackary?"
"Next door. Locked in the bathroom." Orchid looked ashamed, hardly daring to look Tina in the eye.
She truly hadn't expected Elizabeth to be so vicious. Not only had she used her to lure Zackary here, but just now, Elizabeth and her two brothers had been threatening Zackary.
After they realized that the child simply wouldn't speak, they had actually locked him in the bathroom. No matter how much he cried and shouted, no matter how much she pleaded, they refused to let him out. She felt utterly disgraced.
Tina's eyes flashed with a fierce light as she turned to go next door.
"Don't you dare leave!" Elizabeth slammed the bedside table, ordering her to stop.
Tina ignored her and continued walking.
Pinewood blocked the ward door with a swift movement and quickly locked the door. "Your grandmother wants to talk to you. You simply have no respect and no manners! You really need to be taught a lesson!"
Thinking of how their family's business had gone bankrupt overnight, he grew brazen. He raised his hand, intending to slap Tina.
A murderous glint flashed in Tina's eyes. Before she could act, Jared was a step ahead of her. He grabbed Pinewood's wrist. "Who do you think you're going to hit?"
He dared to lay a hand on his fiancée?
Did he think Jared was dead?
"Ah ah ah!" Jared suddenly exerted force with his hand. Pinewood let out a miserable shriek like an animal being slaughtered, unable to even beg for mercy. He was in so much pain that he directly collapsed to the ground, his entire body breaking out in a cold sweat.
Jared abruptly flung him aside and took out a handkerchief, meticulously wiping his hands. He said with distaste, "You filthy pig!"
"You, you dare to hurt my son in front of so many people!" Elizabeth was both shocked and enraged, seeing her beloved son crumpled on the ground like a pile of mud, gasping for breath. His right hand hung at a grotesque angle, the entire wrist obviously directly snapped.
She truly hadn't expected Tina and Jared to be so ruthless.
"You kidnapped my brother, we broke your son's hand." Tina lifted her eyes to look at Elizabeth, enunciating each word. "Very, fair."
"For a seriously ill old woman wanting to see her own grandson, wanting to spend more time with her own grandson, how can that be called kidnapping!" Elizabeth's chest heaved violently, as if she might keel over at any second. Yet her mouth still spewed her sick arguments. "Even if you go to the police, they won't acknowledge this as a kidnapping!"
"Oh?" Tina quirked the corner of her lips, smiling. "Then what about child abuse?"
"We didn't hurt him!" Talon, who had been frightened by Jared's earlier move, cowered by Elizabeth's bedside, not daring to step forward. He only dared to argue verbally. Jared glanced at him, his deep eyes carrying a hint of coldness. "You want to try hurting him?"
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Pinewood was intimidated by his aura and took a step back. "Anyway, you have no proof!"
"I will testify that you abused Zackary!" Orchid suddenly said in a resolute tone.
She had come to her senses. Even if it was her own family that had made a mistake, a mistake was a mistake and they should face the consequences.
"You! How dare you turn against your own family!" Elizabeth groped on the bedside table, wanting to find something to throw at Orchid, but couldn't find anything. In the end, she could only fling the pillow over. Orchid dodged it with a twist of her body and resolutely walked over to stand beside Tina.
"Well then!" Elizabeth watched Orchid suddenly burst into tears, pointing at her in anguish. "You and Hugo are both great! I truly doted on you for nothing in the past! You ungrateful wretch!"
Orchid's eyes revealed a pained look. She simply averted her gaze, not looking at Elizabeth.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Talon hurriedly went to open it, but he was very afraid of Jared, so his movements were cautious, like a thief.
As soon as the door opened, Amber was standing outside. Behind Amber stood a large group of reporters holding cameras.
With just a glance, Amber's gaze met Tina's inside the room.
"Tina." Her eyes brimmed with tears as she took two steps into the ward. "Grandma has been ill for so long, and you are finally willing to come see her."
Tina looked at her with a half-smile.
A long time?
Besides, what did her illness have to do with her?
Then Amber saw Pinewood lying on the ground and exclaimed, "Uncle Pinewood, what happened to your hand? Who broke your hand?"
"Who else can that be but your sister's dear fiancé, Mr. Farrell!" Pinewood had recovered his breath by now. The intense pain in his hand filled him with rage, making him forget his usual fear of Jared. He was glaring at him and Tina with a sinister expression.
"Tina, Grandma's so sick already. Why did you ask Mr. Farrell to hurt Uncle Pinewood like this? Are you retaliating against me again?" Amber put on a shocked expression and took the opportunity to start accusing Tina while wiping her tears. "I already apologized to you and helped clear up the matter with Miss Woodham. Why won't you let us go!"
Her voice was mournful as she suddenly bent her knees and dropped to the ground with a thud, directly kneeling in front of Tina. She kowtowed, banging her head on the floor. "If you're dissatisfied with me, if you're angry with me, just take it out directly on me. Why do you have to hurt Grandma and Uncle Pinewood!"
"I'm begging you, I'm really begging you. Even if you want to kill me, I'm at your mercy!"
"No matter what, I'm just an adopted daughter. But you're the true miss of the Reed family, sharing the same bloodline as Grandma and the others. Grandma is so old and sick already, and this time she fell ill because of you. The doctor said she nearly had a stroke and can't endure any more shocks!"
"My life is such a misery!" Elizabeth on the bed also started wailing and sobbing, playing along with Amber's performance. "Tina, no matter what, I'm your grandmother. I took care of you and raised you when you were little. I'm already so sick, and I just wanted to see Zackary, so I brought him here. You actually had Jared break your Uncle Pinewood's hand! How can you be so heartless!"
The reporters outside the ward, hearing the laments of this grandmother and the granddaughter, were instantly filled with righteous indignation. "Miss Reed, you've gone too far! No matter what, they're still your grandmother and sister! You're family!"
"Exactly. Elizabeth just got sick and wanted to see her grandson. Just because of that, you broke Mr. Pinewood's hand. That's too cruel!"
"I think Mr. Farrell has really gone senile, actually saying he wants to pass his position to Jared Farrell. He must have been so confused by his fiancee's pretty face and he has no moral at all. How can he be the head of the Farrell family! I bet the Farrell family will be ruined once it's in his hands!"