Chapter 173 The Darkest Truth
Lauren stood motionless, her back to Felix. The words Felix had spoken never reached her, not through her damaged left ear nor through her clouded mind still reeling from Jeffrey’s revelation.
Felix paused, forgetting her impairment for a moment. A rare miscalculation for a man who never forgot details.
He crossed the living room in quick strides, his large hand clasping hers. The sudden warmth made her jump and turn. His lips formed deliberate words: “Don’t rush. Sit down first. We’ll listen to him properly.”
The soft command grounded her. She let herself be led to the sofa, her body moving mechanically while her eyes remained fixed on Jeffrey, the man who might hold the answers to her stolen organ. Every fiber of her being was focused on him, afraid to miss a syllable of what was to come
Jeffrey settled into the chair across from her, carefully arranging his documents. He cleared his throat, choosing his words with the precision of a surgeon making the first incision.
“Lauren, you have to understand. I don’t have all the answers yet. I don’t know who specifically ordered the nephrectomy or who got your kidney.” He held up a hand to stop her impending outburst. “But what I can confirm is that your kidney was targeted long before you were captured. It wasn’t opportunistic, it was planned.
With methodical movements, he pulled a yellowed medical report from his file: “Do you recognize this kidney compatibility test from eight years ago? I want you to think carefully. Why would you have undergone this particular test? Who took you to the hospital that day?”
Lauren’s hands shook as she reached for the document. The date jumped out at her eight years ago. The numbers blurred as memories flooded back.
Eight years ago, after I returned to the Bennett family. David and Alice took me to the Skyline Medical Center in Hoverdale on the pretext of checking my health.
Over the years, I had only had that one full body checkup as well.
Al the time, since it was my parents personally taking me to the hospital. I was very happy, thinking that they really cared about me and wanted to make sure that my body was healthy.
On that day, I had many, many tests done, and I can’t remember exactly what they were, except that there were a wide variety of items, and the only thing that stuck in my mind was the blood test.
So, all of this was not a concern but an elaborate conspiracy?
They brought me back just for one of my kidneys?
Realizing this terrifying possibility, Lauren’s body began to tremble uncontrollably, and that panic in her eyes instantly transformed into burning hatred.
“That.. that was the day after I returned to the Bennett family, she whispered. Her throat tightened around the words. “David and Alice…they said it was a comprehensive health checkup. My first physical as their returned daughter.”
The memory came in jagged fragments. The sterile hospital smell, the cold examination table, the countless vials of blood. drawn. At the time, she’d been so pathetically grateful for their apparent concern. Now the memory curdled in her stomach like tainted milk.
A choked sound escaped her lips. “All those tests. it was never about my health. They were screening me. Like like cattle”
The realization hit her with physical force. Lauren doubled over as if punched, her arms wrapped around her stomach, where the scar still ached in the rainy weather. The betrayal went deeper than neglect, this was willful injury.
I can accept that they don’t love me, after all, in all these years, I never felt much warmth in the Bennett family either.
But I can’t accept that it’s just as well that they don’t love me, but they’re even counting on me so much, treating me like a tool that can med to harvest organs at will.
Tears fell freely now, splashing on the damning documents. Around them, the room’s occupants reacted in waves of horror. Kate’s grip on her cane turned her knuckles white, Marilyn brought trembling hands to her mouth, and even the usually
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Only Felix remained still, but his stillness was that of a predator about to strike. When he finally spoke, each word was measured and cold.
“A year ago, when Lauren’s kidney was taken, which Bennett family member required medical attention?”
The question hung in the air like a guillotine blade.
Jeffrey frowned, mentally checking the patient records. “Officially? None. Although… His eyes narrowed. “Willow was studying abroad before. Only she returned to Hoverdale this year.”
Felix’s smile could have frozen hell over. “Check her travel records.”
Josh Launched himself from the sofa with enough force to send it scraping across the floor. “Tll go.”
Ms. Bennett is really too miserable: just by hearing about it, my heart felt like it was gripped tightly by an invisible hand, feeling anteoriky for ber
If these are not true experiences, toho could believe that there torre such extreme parents in this world?
If this matter was really the work of Bennett’s couple, just letting the Bennett family go bankrupt was really too eary for them.
“Not you.” Felix’s interruption brooked no argument. He remained seated, but his forward lean and interlocked fingers. radiated deadly intent. “You’ve been awake for thirty–six hours. Gael will handle this.”
Josh’s gaze shifted to Felix, still sitting on the sofa. For the first time, something dangerous flickered behind his usual controlled mask. Not just anger, but something far more primal.
The kind of rage that demanded not just justice, but annihilation.
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