Chapter 222 Desperate Reckonings
Just then, David’s voice suddenly rang out from outside.
“Is Mr. Brooker at home? I am Willow’s father, David. I’ve come to make amends for the embroidery.”
David, now paralyzed, could only get around in a wheelchair, pushed by George. The money in his hand came from selling a house he owned.
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Originally, David didn’t need to sell his property since all his money had been transferred to Sharon’s name, and she could have taken out some to smooth things over for Willow.
But Sharon was particularly scheming; once money entered her pocket, she was unwilling to part with any of it.
Thinking of the property still in David’s name, she said to him, “David, once Willow gets out, we three will go abroad to find our son. There’s no use keeping the property under your name. Why not take this opportunity to sell it all? It could free Willow, and we have no attachments left in Hoverdale. The day Willow is released, we’ll fly abroad, okay?”
David agreed immediately without a second thought. When Sharon heard the news, she was so thrilled that she and George made love in the car on the spot.
David was utterly drained of his last remaining value; no money, no property. Once they went abroad, David would be left to fend for himself on the streets.
Ha, what a fool.
Now, this fool, played by everyone, was driven by George to the Brooker’s Villa.
David intended to compensate for the 2.8 million “Queen of Blooms” that Willow had torn to shreds, and also to beg Felix to release Willow. “Willow, just hang in there; I’m about to get you out of jail.”
David harbored beautiful illusions, a confident smile unconsciously spreading across his face. After all, who could resist the allure of money?
Felix, that cold man, had sent Willow to jail because she had disrupted Kate’s birthday party, causing them public embarrassment, which led to his furious response.
But he was a businessman, and no businessman dislikes money. As long as the price was right, David was convinced Felix would relent and release Willow.
Once they were abroad, he planned to sabotage Felix’s Eastgate project, ensuring Felix lost everything. David was not one to forgive and forget; anyone who crossed him had to pay a painful price.
As David’s smile began to form, a car sped up and came to a halt right behind his. The car door was flung open, and a woman with bandages around her eyes, like a wild beast unleashed, charged out.
Her remaining eye glinted viciously, like a snake targeting its prey, fixed intently on David.
“David…”
The woman, roaring, rushed up to David and without a word, slapped him hard.
“You killed my father, got Elliot thrown in jail, and caused me to lose Laurie. And you even sold the house I gave you to save that child of Willow’s. I’m done with you today!”
The woman was Alice. She wore hospital garb, her face as pale as death, blood seeping continuously from her lost eye, staining the bandage red.
At that moment, her face twisted in rage, she looked like a ghost fresh from the grave.
She furiously tore at David, her hands like sharp claws, leaving trails of blood across David’s face.
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Chapter 222 Desperate Reckonings
George immediately stepped forward, trying to grab Alice.
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Willow was his biological daughter. Seeing that David was about to use the money to rescue Willow, he couldn’t let Alice ruin things.
However, before he could grab Alice, his hand was seized by a strong grip.
George looked up to find it was Jeffrey, a leading doctor from Hoverdale People First Hospital.
“What are you doing here?”
Jeffrey was here because when Alice found out David had left the hospital, she became frantic and ran into Jeffrey by chance. So, Jeffrey drove her following David’s car to the Brooker’s Villa.
Jeffrey stared coldly at George, his gaze filled with disdain.
Just yesterday, he had witnessed Sharon and George in a compromising situation in the hospital parking lot.
At that moment, he had been so shocked that he stood frozen in place,
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