Chapter 58
Ethan’s eyes sharpened immediately. He knew Victor too well to believe things could be this straightforward. “Just say mind, Victor
what’s on your
Victors Adam’s apple bobbed as he struggled to speak. “Ethan, Claire’s scar… her left kidney is missing. From what I’ve observed, the scar is about a year old. A year ago, she was in prison…7
Ethan felt as if thunder had struck him on a clear day. He stood frozen, his mind buzzing.
His eyes widened as he stared at Victor, his face a portrait of shock and disbelief.
“Victor you must be joking. How could she lose a kidney in prison? That’s impossible, absolutely impossible.”
Victor pressed his lips together and silently took out his phone. He pulled up a photo he had taken and handed it to Ethan
In the picture, the scar on Claire’s lower back twisted grotesquely, resembling a centipede clinging to her skin. The scar was a dark hue, and the surrounding skin had a few faint wrinkles…
Ethan’s face tumed ashen at the sight
His sister had had a kidney removed while she was in prison!?
His body began to tremble violently, legs almost giving way beneath him.
Victor quickly reached out to steady him. “Ethan, are you okay?“?
Ethan was utter agony, feeling a suffocating pain in his chest as if invisible hands were squeezing his heart, making it hard to breathe. Simultaneously, he burned with fury, his teeth grinding audibly.
With all his willpower, he suppressed the pain and steadied himself before gently pushing Victor away. His voice was icy. “Victor, please go and check on my sister in her room,“2
“What about you?” Victor asked with concem
“I need to find out who dared to harm my sister, Ethan rep
replied, his voice steely
Victor patted his shoulder before leaving.
Ethan remained rooted to the spot for a while before finally moving.E
in the car, he sat cloaked in darkness, the faint glow of his cigarette briefly illuminating his stem, shadowed face.”
His mind replayed the information Quinn had dug up for him earlier.
A year ago, Claire had been admitted to a hospital, and after that, she was moved to a different cell, if that visit involved a forced kidney removal, it made sense that, weakened by the loss, she would be moved to avoid further harm. Everything seemed to fit.!
The thought was like having steel needles driven into his heart, the pain nearly unbearable.
Straightening up suddenly, he quickly dialed Quinn’s number.2
“Quinn, I need you to dig deeper into the hospital visit Claire made a year ago. No matter what it takes, find out which hospital she went to, what happened, who took her there, and who she came into contact with. I need every detail!”
He hung up after giving the instructions.
The cigarette burned between his fingers, one after another.
He didn’t know how many he smoked, only that he stayed in the car for a long time before finally stepping out and heading back into the hospital
Standing at Claire’s room door, he hesitated to go in
While he lingered, he heard Victor’s voice from inside, Awake? How are you feeling?”
There was silence for a moment t
Then Victor’s voice came again, “Every time I see you, you’re covered in
