The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 73

Victoria pursed her lips and didn’t make a sound. If she agreed, Nancy would make things twice as hard for her, but if she denied it, Nancy would put the blame on her brother. As she could not win either way, she chose to remain silent.

“Bella was kind enough not to press charges against you even though you almost ran her over, and only made you serve two years in jail, yet you repeatedly tried to harm her!” Nancy strode up to the hospital bed. Using her carefully-manicured fingers, she poked Victoria’s forehead forcibly. “Did you sell your conscience to the devil?!”

Victoria’s forehead immediately turned red, but she did not struggle.

Seeing this, Lucas frowned. He subconsciously took a step forward, but quickly retreated, and looked away from the two.

“Is this how you’ve been brought up, Mrs. Spritz?” At that moment, Christian, who had finished his phone call, pushed the door and walked in.

When Nancy saw him come in, a flash of surprise flashed across her eyes, and her gaze moved from him to Evelyn with a vague tinge of anger. “Evelyn, you and Christian came over together after dinner?”

“Christian, why did you come so late?” Evelyn also had a surprised look on her face.

Meanwhile, Christian’s expression did not change. “I just finished my work at the company, so I came over.” He glanced at the unusually obvious redness on Victoria’s forehead. “Are you dumb? Can’t you dodge?”

“I’m not dumb.” But I can’t dodge.

No matter how badly Bella hurt her, she was only being ‘careless,’ but as her brother had blatantly splashed Bella with tea, she was ‘in the wrong.’

Christian hummed meaningfully before averting his gaze.

“Let them say what they want. Just focus on drinking your soup. It’ll get cold if you don’t drink it soon.” Evelyn served another bowl of soup and handed it over to Victoria, who thanked her and took a small sip.

The soup was fragrant and full of umami, but she couldn’t savor it. If she could, she would prefer for her parents, not Evelyn, to come to the ward to take care of her and protect her from outsiders.

“Are you on Victoria’s side just like your mother?” Nancy’s voice was bordering on a shrill due to her high pitch. “Bella lost a leg to Victoria because of you. Have you forgotten?”

Christian sat down on the bed beside her and casually avoided her questioning. “Even middle school students wouldn’t do something as childish as picking sides.”

“Mr. Thatcher, haven’t you learned to respect your elders?” Lucas’ amber eyes were tinged with a dark hue.

Christian smirked. “Doesn’t Mrs. Spritz know how to love and care for her juniors?”

The ward was spacious, but the confrontation between the group of people made the room feel cramped to Victoria. Even the air became thick, making every breath unusually difficult for her.

“Enough of this nonsense. There’s still a patient here. What are you guys doing?” Evelyn sighed helplessly and swept her eyes at Lucas and Nancy’s empty hands. “Nancy, Lucas, you weren’t actually intending to visit Tori, were you?”

Without waiting for the two to answer, she continued, “Doesn’t look like it to me. After all, nobody visits a patient empty-handed.”

“We came here just to get justice for Bella.” Lucas said before Nancy, “As Vincent hurt Bella for no reason, my mother and I want to know if it was on purpose, or if he was being used by a nasty person.”

When he mentioned the word ‘nasty,’ he looked at Victoria.

“Is it really for no reason? Why does it seem to me that Tori’s injury is worse than Bella’s?” Evelyn clicked her tongue. “I feel pained just by looking at the injury on Tori’s leg.”

Hearing this, Nancy was enraged and chided, “Evelyn, are you questioning our words?”

“Not at all. I was just curious and asked a casual question. Don’t misunderstand.” Evelyn laughed helplessly. “I heard that Bella accidentally spilled hot tea on Victoria, and it was even an entire pot of it. She really is careless.”

As soon as she spoke, Lucas’ phone rang. After he answered the call, he hummed a few times with a frown, then turned his head and said to Nancy, “Bella said not to blame Vincent and Victoria, and that she accidentally injured Victoria more seriously, so we should apologize to Victoria and go home.”

Evelyn laughed lightly, knowing who these words were meant for.

“She’s already been hurt, but she’s still helping her!” Nancy stubbornly turned and pointed at Christian, saying, “Christian, I’m just going to ask you one thing. Why did you drop the charges against them when Vincent and Victoria put Bella in this state?”

He dropped the charges? Victoria let out a sigh of relief. She had already been in jail once, and if her brother had to suffer the same fate as well, even if it was only for a few days, there was no telling what others would say about the Coleman Family.

Christian smiled. “After Vincent trashed my clubhouse, the Coleman Family gave me that piece of land in Glogan as compensation; Vincent burned the back of Bella’s hand, but Bella burned Victoria’s whole leg. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, both sides have gotten even, so why can’t I drop the charges?”

As he had spoken for both sides, Nancy was rendered speechless.

“I’ve heard that Mr. Spritz is an honest and upright person. I wonder what he thinks about this matter?” Saying that, Christian turned his attention to Lucas.

Lucas frowned slightly, glancing at the bandages on Victoria’s leg. Then, he said to Nancy, “Mom, let’s go.”

“Why are you on Victoria’s side as well?” Nancy was furious, her elaborate makeup failing to hide her livid expression.

Lucas replied, “It was because Bella scalded Victoria’s leg first that Vincent splashed tea on her, so we can’t blame Vincent and Victoria for this.”

Nancy pointed at the tip of his nose, so furious that she could not say anything for a long while. Then, she glared at Victoria and angrily left the ward, slamming the door loudly behind her.

“We’ll be taking our leave first.” Lucas glanced at Victoria’s pale face, wanting to say something, but in the end, he remained silent and opened the door to leave.

Evelyn stared at the closed door of the ward and sighed. “Nancy is so lucky to have such excellent children.” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“She’s probably used up all the blessings she accumulated in her previous life.” Christian hummed lightly, the end of his eyes tinged with a faint sneer.

Evelyn laughed and chided him, saying, “If you are a junior, you should behave like a junior. Don’t judge your elders.”

Christian only smirked and didn’t reply.

“All of us must’ve made so much noise that you couldn’t rest. How about this? I’ll go back with Christian first and come back to see you another day,” Evelyn got up and suggested.

Victoria agreed. She was about to get up and see her off, but Evelyn held her down. “You’re still taking an IV, and your leg is still injured, so don’t trouble yourself. I’m not a stranger to you, anyway.”

After she gave a few more words of concern to Victoria, she left with Christian.

Outside, night had fallen. Through the car window, the trees cast their swaying shadows on Christian’s sharp and handsome face.

“I’ll have to thank you on Tori’s behalf for what happened tonight.” Next to him, Evelyn smiled, seemingly in a good mood.

“I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood.” He started up the Bentley. The shadows of the trees got projected on Christian’s face like a roll of film, obscuring the look in his eyes. “My dismissal of the case has nothing to do with Victoria.”novelxo.com fast update

Evelyn slightly raised her eyebrows. “Oh?”

“The loss at Delta Club is not even worth mentioning compared to the Coleman Family’s piece of land in the new district of Glogan. I can’t possibly give up such a large profit for Bella,” Christian said