Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 381

Alistair understood what Grace meant. His eyes widened, and furious, muffled groans escaped his lips.

Even though he couldn't speak, Grace could see he was cursing her for being a heartless, ungrateful daughter, for her cruelty.

Grace walked to the bedside, leaned down, and whispered in his ear,

"Dad, don't look at me like that."

"Do you remember? When I was fourteen, I had a high fever, 104 degrees. I begged you to take me to a doctor."

"You were celebrating Lilian's birthday. You said I was faking it, that I was a jinx, and locked me in the basement. I burned with fever for two whole days."

"You didn't give me any 'imported medicine' then. You didn't even give me a glass of water."

Grace straightened up and smiled as she watched the look in Alistair's eyes instantly turn to terror.

"The fact that I'm hiring a caregiver for you and paying your medical bills means I've already done more than enough."

"You just lie here in this bed. Lie here and live a long life, and slowly atone for your sins."

After saying her piece, she turned and walked away.

The piercing alarm of a medical monitor and the frantic shouts of the caregiver erupted behind her, but Grace didn't even glance back.

Outside the hospital, the sunlight was a bit harsh.

Grace took a deep breath.

Her phone buzzed with a news alert.

[Former Financial Prodigy Becomes Prisoner! Second Son of the Hart Group Sentenced to Twenty Years for Multiple Crimes!]

The accompanying photo showed Lucian with a buzz cut, dressed in a prison uniform.

His eyes were dull, and his shoulders were slumped in a picture of dejection.

She heard things had been rough for him inside.

His explosive temper had gotten him on the wrong side of a prison boss, and he’d taken more than a few beatings.

As for his older brother Cassian, the one who always fancied himself a “highly-educated elite” and a “doting brother”...

Grace swiped the screen.

Just yesterday, someone had exposed that he had embezzled public funds to support a mistress while working at a tech company. He was now permanently blacklisted by the industry association.

He was currently working as an accountant at a small, failing factory. Rumor had it that debt collectors were camped outside his door every day, and he was too scared to even leave his house.

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