NovelGoldChapter 242 Having shadowed Heir Foster for years, he was well-acquainted with his ruthless methods, yet this was the first the'd seen him so invested in a woman.
In the process of digging deeper, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for Claire's plight.
He had witnessed the darkness of human nature before.
But a family like the Linwoods, eager to exploit their own child to the point of consuming her entirely, was beyond anything he'd encountered.
As the saying goes, "Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs," yet the Linwoods were worse than beasts.
As the two hesitated, the door to the sitting room creaked open.
A flicker of surprise crossed Claire's face, but when her eyes landed on Jeffry, her pupils narrowed sharply.
She quickly turned to the dossier in Sean's hands.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWith her sharp intellect, she instantly realized that Jeffry's seven-day disappearance had yielded answers to every mystery.
"Did you find out?" Claire's voice was slightly hoarse.
Sean gave a slight nod, "It's all here. Do you... want to look?" From his expression, Claire guessed that the contents of the dossier might be even more horrifying than she imagined.
Her hands unconsciously clenched the edge of her jacket, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.
Though she had always tried to remain strong, the terror of the impending truth washed over her like a tidal wave.
"I..." Claire opened her mouth, but her voice seemed caught in her throat.
She took a deep breath, trying to steady herself, "I want to know." Her tone held a slight tremor, yet was laced with undeniable determination.
Sean hesitated but reluctantly handed the dossier to Claire.
As she reached out to take it, the papers felt as heavy as a mountain.
She opened the first page, and as her eyes scanned the words, her face turned ghostly pale.
The dossier documented in detail the Linwood family's years of schemes and torment against her. Those once blurry memories now sharpened into a vivid nightmare replaying in her mind.
She had always believed she was stolen at birth by despicable traffickers.
But the dossier revealed that it was her own father, Nathan, who had taken her and left her at the orphanage.
She had thought Vanessa was adopted by Nathan and Adah due to the grief of losing her.
Yet the dossier ruthlessly uncovered that Vanessa was the daughter of Nathan and Sophia.
Nathan had been unfaithful to Adah with Sophia, the obstetrician, while Adah was pregnant with her.
To make room for the child he had with Sophia, Nathan cruelly abandoned his newborn daughter at the orphanage's doorstep.
For the next twenty years, he even helped elevate this obstetrician to the position of head of the hospital. "NATHAN LINWOOD!" Claire's voice was filled with a mix of rage and despair as tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes, blurring her vision.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe inhaled deeply, forcing back the tears, and continued to read the contents of the dossier.
[Sophia suffered from a hereditary kidney disease and, coincidentally, was a match for Adah. During Adah O.
Jones Linwood's cesarean section, Nathan decisively had Sophia undergo the sprocedure for their daughter Vanessa. The surgeon, already bribed, removed Adah's kidney and transplanted it into Sophia.] Claire stared at this part of the text, utterly stunned, her mind blank.
No wonder during her three years back with the Linwoods, Adah always complained of back pain and fatigue.
Whenever she clashed with Vanessa, Adah would scold her: "If it weren't for giving birth to you, my health o wouldntbenith to you.
poor. Can't you just get along with Vanessa? Do you have to makeangry? Does it make you happy?"
It turned out Adah's pain and exhaustion weren't from childbirth, but because Vanessa's mom needed her kidney. And Adah, to think she tormented her own daughter for the sake of her enemy's child.
Ha, hahaha - Claire suddenly laughed, tears of anguish streaming down her face.
Her laughter was filled with endless sorrow and irony.
Isn't this a different kind of retribution?
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