Chapter 237 It’s Your Kidney!
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Lauren’s voice was flat, emotionless. “You left me lying on that freezing floor like I was nothing. No one checked on me. If I hadn’t woken up and dragged myself out of the Bennett Residence, I would’ve died that night. And you wouldn’t be here to witness any of this. I used to wonder if it was my fault–if maybe I wasn’t good enough, and that’s why you hated me so much. But then I realized… it wasn’t about me. It was you. All of you. You’re not normal. You’re not even decent. So no–I’m not repaying you with the pain you gave me. I’m just putting you where you belong. And honestly, you should be thankful that’s all I’m doing.”
Every word landed like a blow to the chest. Alice felt like she was being carved up from the inside out.
All the horrible things she’d done to Lauren came crashing back–every choice, every moment of cruelty, each one slicing deeper than the last.
She couldn’t breathe. Her chest ached like her heart was being torn apart.
And right then, she realized the brutal truth, which was she didn’t even deserve to apologize.
What she’d done to her own daughter was beyond forgiveness. It wasn’t just cruel—it was monstrous.
She wasn’t owed compassion. She didn’t deserve kindness.
Because Lauren had been treated worse than an animal in the Bennett family, and Alice had stood by and let it happen. Worse, she’d helped.
Josh dragged Alice away as she slumped, all strength gone. Her legs dragged behind her, leaving streaks across the floor.
Her eyes were empty. Soulless. As if what little humanity she had left had finally left her behind.
Then it was David and Willow’s turn.
David had nothing left in him but dread.
Lauren hadn’t held back with her own mother–what hope did he have? He was the one who had broken her the most. He’d made her life a nightmare.
Now he couldn’t even move. Couldn’t speak. All he could do was stare at her with pleading eyes, full of guilt and desperation.
But Lauren didn’t flinch.
If murder were legal, she would’ve taken him apart piece by piece without hesitation.
“Take them out of my sight,” she said flatly, every word ice–cold.
Gael stepped forward and went straight for Willow.
Willow panicked the moment she saw him. She screamed, “No–I’m not going to those mountains! Please, don’t take me!”
Gael didn’t waste time. He grabbed her like a stray kitten, completely ignoring her screams as he hauled her away.
Willow flailed in Gael’s grip, her eyes wide with raw panic.
Just before she was dragged out of the house, she shrieked, “Lauren, you can’t do this! You still have a kidney inside me! Let me go and I’ll give it back!”
Gael stopped in his tracks and looked to Felix and Lauren, waiting for direction.
Willow’s heart soared. She stared at Lauren, thinking she’d found her way out. Everyone else seemed to think so too–that Lauren would cave for her own organ.
But Lauren just laughed–cold, sharp, and terrifying.
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Chapter 237 It’s Your Kidney!
People looked around, stunned.
What is she saying? That’s her kidney.
Willow blinked, confused and rattled, “You… you don’t want it back?”
Lauren smiled wider, but there was nothing warm about it.
“Oh, I do. But I never said I needed it today.”
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Her voice was calm, steady, lethal. “I’m doing just fine with one. My life’s good. But you? You’ve only got one left. If I take it now, you’ll drop dead–and I’ll be a murderer. No thanks. I’d rather let you suffer in those mountains first. Let that body break down with just one kidney. You think you’ll outlive me? You won’t. And when you don’t–I’ll take it back. Legally. Clean. No guilt. Win–win.”
Willow’s face went pale with horror as Lauren’s words hit her like a punch to the gut.
It all made sense now–Lauren didn’t just hate her. She loathed her. Enough to plan something this twisted.
Lauren wasn’t looking for blood. She wanted slow revenge. A kind that didn’t get her hands dirty.
She wanted to dump Willow in some remote hellhole and let time, isolation, and misery do the rest.
Willow had never suffered a day in her life. She was the spoiled one, the girl who always got what she wanted. Life in the mountains would break her.
Her body would weaken, her spirit would crack. She wouldn’t last.
And if one of those desperate, brutal men out there hurt her–if she ended up pregnant–her already delicate body wouldn’t survive it.
Just the thought of it made her entire body shake. She started fighting back, flailing in terror.
