Chapter 381 Vengeance and Rescue


    "Eat. I told you to eat! If you don''t finish everyst bite today, I''ll beat you to death!"


    Willow''s mouth was stuffed full, her eyes wide with terror,


    She gagged repeatedly, but Alice pressed her hand over Willow''s mouth, refusing to let her spit anything out.


    Like that, Willow was forced to eat everyst crumb-five times more than she normally would.


    She copsed to the ground, clutching her bloated stomach, crying silently in agony.


    That was when Elliot finally snapped out of his shock.


    "Mom, how could you do this to Willow? It was Dad who made the mistake, not her! Willow''s innocent! You need to take her to the hospital-can''t you see she''s in pain?"


    Alice turned to him again, her eyes hollow.


    "If you care so much about her, then go live with her and her real mother.


    "Mom, I''m your son! Why are you being so cruel to me?"


    Yes, he was her son-but Lauren had been her daughter, too. And yet Lauren had been brutally abused by her own father, mother, and brother.


    Three years with the Bet family. Five years in prison. More than eight years of relentless torment had broken Lauren''s body and spirit.


    Lauren had endured unimaginable pain. And the ones who caused it didn''t


    deserve peace.


    They all deserved to be punished.


    "Get out"


    Elliot clenched his jaw. "You''ll regret this someday, Mom."


    He


    struggled to lift Willow into his arms and carried her out the door.


    Outside, David-his eye ruined-had just regained consciousness:


    He saw his son and daughter bruised and battered and was instantly overwhelmed with fury.


    Alice, just wait. Il pay you back for this tenfold. A hundredfold


    You care about that little brat Lauren so much, don''t you? Then I''ll make it my mission to destroy her.


    David gathered Elliot and Willow and stumbled away with them.


    Alice umply watched with cold indifference. She didn''t try to stop them.


    Two days passed in a blur. On the third day, Lauren was due to report to school.


    Mr. Tumely cleared his entire schedule to take her there personally, alongside Madam Shirley.


    In the car. Madam Shirley clutched Lauren tightly, reluctant to let go. "Our baby''s still so little. There''s no way she can live on campus alone. College is full of adults, and you''re still a child-how could you possibly manage by yourself? I''ve made up my mind. For the next four years, I''m going to live near your school. I''ll buy a house right next to campus so you cane home. every day"


    Chapter 381 Vengeance and Rescue


    The car was filled with warmth andughter.


    Elsewhere. Willow was wearing a smug smile as she looked up at her birth mother, Sharon.


    "Mom, once I get her kidney. I''ll be cured, right?"


    Finished


    Sharon, dressed in surgical scrubs and preparing to operate on her own daughter''s behalf, gently stroked Willow''s hair.


    "With me here, you''ve got nothing to worry about. You''ll be just fine."


    Willow beamed with joy, though a trace of worry lingered in her voice.


    "Mom if we forcefully take her kidney, won''t she call the police?"


    Sharon reassured her calmly. "Don''t worry. After we take her kidney, that idiot David will sell her overseas. Once she''s there, no one will be able to find her. Even if she dies, it won''t trace back to us."


    Willow finally rxed.


    As the anesthesia kicked in, she slowly closed her eyes and slipped into unconsciousness,


    Sharon picked up the scalpel and stepped toward Lauren


    Behind her surgical mask, her lips curled into a sinister smile.


    "All because of you, that woman Alice abused my daughter. She suffered over ten


    years of mistreatment because of you. Today, I''ll make you pay.”


    The cold steel de glinted under the operating lights as is drew closer and closer to Lauren.


    Sharon didn''t even bother disinfecting Lauren''s body-she was going to take the kidney right then and there..


    With every inch, the scalpel neared Lauren''s skin. Sharon''s eyes lighting up with anticipation.


    But just as the de was about to pierce her-


    The


    operating room doors were kicked open from the outside.


    A group of police officers stormed in, weapons drawn.


    "Freeze" Drop the knife! Hands in the air!"


    The sudden raid shocked everyone in the room-Sharon, the doctors, the nurses-


    none of them were prepared.