Chapter 382 Bonds That Broke Beyond Repair
The moment Sharon saw the police burst in, her heart dropped into her stomach.
What’s going on?Why are the police here!!
One officer stepped forward and kicked her to the floor, then swiftly cuffed her hands behind her back.
Other officers moved in and restrained every other medical staff member in the room.
The police chief rushed to Lauren’s side. Seeing her unharmed at last, he finally let out the breath he’d been holding. They’d been mere seconds away–just one more breath, and Comrade Lauren would have been carved open on that table. If anything had happened to her, his career would have been over.
Rage boiled in the chief’s chest. He turned sharply and slapped Sharon across the face with a resounding crack.
“You filthy scum! You dared to kidnap one of our nation’s top scientific talents and tried to harvest her organs by force. Do you have a deaths wish!! Do you realize if anything had happened to her, it could have endangered the future of our entire country? You’re not just looking at charges of kidnapping and illegal organ harvesting–you could also be tried for endangering national security.”
Those charges combined were more than enough to land Sharon on death row.
Sharon was stunned. This was not how things were supposed to ко
“No! I d
didn’t–I mean, you’ve got it all wrong. I swear!”
“We’ll see about that at the station. Take her away!”
Sharon, along with every doctor and nurse who participated in the illegal surgery, was dragged away in handcuffs.
Even Willow, still unconscious from the anesthesia, wasn’t spared. She was taken into custody too.
Outside the operating room, Sharon realized with horror that David–bloody, one–eyed, and defeated–had also been
arrested.
That’s when she
she knew: they were finished.
Everyone involved was taken to the police station for interrogation. Even Elliot, who had secretly informed them, was handcuffed and questioned in a separate room.
When Lauren finally woke up, she found Alice seated beside her, face drawn tight with worry.
“Lauren, are you alright?”
Lauren sat up in the hospital bed.
The anesthetic had simply knocked her out-
-now that it had worn off, she was perfectly line.
She glanced at Alice calmly. “Thanks for what you did this time. With that, our grudges from the past life are settled.”
Jy flickered across Alice’s face. “Lauren, does that mean… you finally forgive me? Does that mean you’ll stay with me now? Come home with me!*
Lauren’s expression cooled. “Alice, I think you misunderstood something. I said the past–life grudges are settled–I never said I was going home with you or that I recognize you as my mom. Have you forgotten? My last name is Mavis now, not Bennett. I already have parents and a brother. Why would I go back with you?”
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Chapter 382 Bonds That Broke Beyond Repair
leave him, so I turned them down.
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I’ve regretted that decision ever since. If I’d said yes, I would’ve had a loving family and a protective brother. Instead, I returned to the Bennett family–only to be beaten, starved, and destroyed by you people.”
Alice wilted at her words, visibly deflated.
“Lauren, I’m sorry. I know I was wrong.
“Enough.” Lauren cut her off. impatient. “I heard you say ‘I was wrong‘ so many times in the last life I practically grew calluses in my ears. And every time you said it. you just did the same things all over again. That phrase means nothing to me now, Don’t say it anymore. It’s annoying”
Her tone was blunt and cutting, leaving no room for dignity.
Alice’s face turned ashen.
Alright. I won’t say it anymore.”
She went silent.
Lauren had no intention of staying in the same room. Since her health was fine, she might as well leave the hospital early.
She’d spent the last six months at the research institute, and it had been over eight years since she’d seen her parents and
brother.
All she wanted now was to go home.
Eight years… They probably won’t even recognize me anymore..
Lauren swung her legs off the bed and began putting on her shoes.
Alice suddenly stood. “Lauren, where are you going?”
“I’m going back to Balewood. To see my mom and dad.”
Alice felt a bitter sting in her chest. She’s my daughter–yet she calls someone else Mom sortly.
She stepped in front of Lauren, hesitating. “Lauren…”
