Chapter 161 Table for One Punch
David flinched as Elliot, with a sudden fury, slammed his fist onto the nearby table. The loud crash sent objects leaping into the air, clattering back down in disarray.
“Let’s not forget, it was you who testified against Lauren in court, David retorted defiantly, despite instinctively shrinking back. “And now, you’re pinning all the blame on me and your mom!”
Elliot stiffened as if struck by a sledgehammer. How could I forge!!
Those memories haunted him like a nightmare, causing him endless torment..
“It’s karma, you breaking your leg is just karmal” Elliot bit out each word through clenched teeth
Since Lauren had left, Elliot’s health had only deteriorated. He knew this was probably his own punishment
David couldn’t stand Elliot mentioning Lauren constantly.
“She’s nothing but a cheap tramp, and yet you defend her? Ridiculous,” he scoffed, boiling with anger. “Get out!”
Elliot stood motionless by the bed like a statue, his gaze cold and steady on David. With a broken leg, David was powerless to do more than seethe in frustration, his face turning beet red and veins bulging as pain throbbed through his body, nearly causing him to faint,
Seeing David in such agony strangely satisfied Elliot.
Amid the heated argument, Alice, enduring her own pain, interjected, “Elliot, please stop fighting with your dad over Lauren. We were wrong about her–she’s ungrateful, and leaving was her way of mocking our concern. I regret ever insisting on having both a son and a daughter; she turned out to be nothing but a curse!”
Wiping away tears, Alice composed herself and continued, “Elliot, Ms. Willow is supposed to come back from Balewood to celebrate Kate’s birthday today. Call her and tell her not to come. If Lauren sees her, with her vindictive nature, she’ll definitely take it out on Ms. Willow.”
“Right, call Ms. Willow, tell her not to come,” David echoed, his worry deepening as he recalled Willow’s frail condition. following her surgery last year.
Elliot remembered seeing Willow’s pitiful state at the police station, a sour ache in his heart.
Lauren’s cruelty knew no bounds, he thought. He wanted to reveal Willow’s ordeal but refrained to avoid worrying his mother, keeping these, heavy thoughts to himself.
After a moment of silence, he said, “I understand. You both stay and recover; I need to leave.
Alice seemed about to say more but stopped herself, seeing Elliot’s reluctance to discuss further, and sighed in resignation.
Elliot walked out of the hospital room, each step heavy as if carrying a great burden. His silhouette stretched long under the corridor lights, casting a forlorn shadow,
He hadn’t left the hospital building when he ran into Jeffrey.
“Elliot, it’s late. You’re not staying with your parents? Where are you headed?” Jeffrey asked, pausing his stride.
“I’m going to find Lauren, Elliot replied, his voice tired.
Realizing Felix’s deep care for Lauren, Elliot knew convincing him to release Willow was impossible; pleading with Lauren was the only way.
At the mention of Lauren, Jeffrey’s eyes lit up. “Where is she? I’ll come with you.”
“Why would you want to come?” Elliot eyed him suspiciously,
Jeffrey had crucial questions for Lauren. Recently, he discovered that Lauren had undergone a kidney compatibility test in her first year back with the Bennetts–at only fificen
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Haunted by these questions, Jeffrey was desperate for answers.
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He could have asked the Bennetts, but considering what they had done to Lauren, he instinctively wanted to keep them in
the dark
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