Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Pinewood and Talon, though bewildered, followed Elizabeth’s instructions, supporting her as she descended from her sickbed to visit Amber. Amber was staying on the same floor as Hugo, the sixteenth, and as they approached her room, they saw Tina slowly approaching from the other end of the hallway. Jared Farrell’s incident had kept Tina away from the hospital all of yesterday; only this afternoon did she find the time to come.

She caught sight of the Reed family but passed by Amber’s room without so much as a glance at them. Amber saw Tina as well; sitting disheveled on her bed, she watched Tina walk by as if she was nothing, invisible. Though Tina did nothing out of the ordinary, Amber discerned arrogance, disdain, and schadenfreude in her composed and indifferent demeanor. For some reason, Tina’s figure inexplicably reminded her of the masked woman from that night, the one who calmly made an incision in her abdomen behind her glasses. It was as though, to them, she wasn’t a living being but an object to be disassembled and manipulated at will.

Amber couldn’t control herself and screamed, a mix of terror and fury, “I’m going to kill them, I’m going to kill them!” Not only those standing at the door, but the entire floor was startled by her outcry.

“Amber, Amber, it’s alright now,” Elizabeth hurried inside, trying to soothe her.

“Grandma!” Amber cried, clutching Elizabeth and sobbing uncontrollably, “The police don’t believe what I say! Have I suffered all this for nothing?”

“At that Facility, those are mentally ill patients without civil capacities,” remarked Pinewood, not with sympathy but with a sneering tone, “Even if the police did believe someone put a bomb in your stomach, do you think it’s possible to punish them? Why create more problems? Who asked you to go there in the middle of the night?”

Amber bit her lip in anger; she buried her face in Elizabeth’s embrace, hiding the hatred in her eyes. She clearly remembered calling the Reed family for help that night, and not a single one had answered her calls. The only one who had was Jennie.

But now was not the time to turn hostile; Sean was in jail, the man in black was untraceable, and her reputation was ruined over the false accusations against Hugo. If Elizabeth turned her back now, Amber would truly be alone.

So, facing Pinewood’s mockery, she said nothing and just cried, asking Elizabeth, “Grandma, what am I supposed to do now?”

“Don’t worry, grandma has a plan,” Elizabeth stroked Amber’s hair, her eyes twinkling with a peculiar triumph, “Just follow my arrangements from now on.”

Meanwhile, Hugo, being on the same floor, had also heard Amber’s screams. At that moment, Jennie was feeding him porridge. A nurse changing the IV drop muttered, “She really should be moved to the psychiatric ward, screaming every day, it’s terrifying.”

Jennie paused with the spoon, then continued feeding Hugo as if nothing had happened. Upon hearing Amber’s screams, Hugo’s expression darkened, but remembering her deeds, he remained silent.

When Tina entered, the atmosphere in the room was already tense and eerie. Yet seeing her, Jennie and Hugo immediately smiled, “Tina’s here.”

“How are you feeling today?” Tina asked.

She had given Hugo pills that healed his internal injuries, though his external wounds were still healing. Given the torments Hugo had endured, even the wounds were hard to locate.

“The doctor said if there are no complications, I should be able to leave in about a week,” Jennie answered.

Tina nodded, sitting quietly by the side, watching Jennie finish feeding Hugo. After Jennie went to wash the dishes, Tina finally spoke, “Mr. Reed, are you sure my mother left nothing but the perfume formula?”

“Yes, just the perfume formula,” Hugo replied, his gaze flickering.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Tina didn’t press further, but she felt Hugo was hiding something from her. Suddenly, the door burst open; Tina and Hugo thought it was Jennie returning, but instead, it was Elizabeth’s grim face accompanied by Pinewood and Talon.

“Mom,” Hugo’s expression immediately darkened.

“You still know I’m your mom!” Elizabeth entered, laughing coldly, “You never once asked about me during my hospital stay!”

“And when I was hospitalized, did you ask about me?” Hugo retorted coldly, then chuckled, “Oh, how could I forget, why would you ask, considering you were partly to blame for my condition!”

Elizabeth’s face twitched uncomfortably; she hadn’t really wanted to visit Hugo but her next plan required money. Now that the Reed family was ruined, she had no choice but to ask Hugo, “Give me two hundred thousand, or I’ll sue you for neglecting to provide for your mother!”

Jennie, just back from washing dishes, heard this as she reached the door, her expression turning sour. She truly hadn’t expected Elizabeth to have the audacity to show up.

“We have already severed ties with you legally!” Jennie walked in, her voice cold.

“How naive!” Elizabeth scoffed, “Ask any lawyer, can blood ties really be severed that easily? As long as I have no income, he is my son and he must support me!”

“Don’t forget, you took the perfume formula from Tina’s mother! The value of that formula is surely enough to offset any support you’d need!” Hugo’s expression shifted, dismayed that Elizabeth would stoop so low. The agreement to sever ties, and now she was reneging.

“Times change,” Elizabeth smirked, she could have sold the formula for money, but she preferred to keep it for later, to revive the Ye’s Perfumery.

“Regardless, I raised you, and you owe me a duty of support. I’m only asking for two hundred thousand, I promise I won’t ask for more after this.”

“Your promise is worthless.”