Vengeful

Chapter 52

Jake was visibly relieved to hear from Audrey that Emely would be able to preser

life.

preserve her

To him, as long as his daughter could continue to live, it didn’t matter that she had a missing leg or car.

Besides, with such advanced m

procure any kind of prosthetic parts.

technology these days, it wasn’t difficult to

Inside the operating theater, Audrey had only appointed Aaron as her assistant. remaining doctors and nurses had been forbidden to enter.

The

Due to the severity of Emely’s condition, the surgery took a total of three hours to perform.

After the surgery, Emely was wheeled out and transferred to the intensive care unit. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

“Ms. Hernandez, how is my daughter?” Jake asked worriedly.

“Her life is no longer in danger.” Audrey replied.

Audrey guessed that Emely’s current state was most likely orchestrated by Dylan. She had to admit that it was cruel and heavy–handed, especially for a woman to have her appearance ruined like that.

Still, Audrey felt no pity for Emely.

Upon hearing that his daughter would live, Jake wept with joy and relief.

Just then, a voice could be heard from the VIP suite. The door to the suite was then. pushed open.

It was none other than Sarah.

“Jake, how is Emely? I rushed over as soon as I heard.” Sarah said worriedly with a soft voice. Her eyes were also tinged red.

The moment Sarah entered the ICU, her eyes landed on Emely on the hospital bed. She was wrapped tightly from head to toe in white gauze. It looked like there was no part of her left unscathed.

Especially with one leg missing, Sarah was shocked at the state Emely was in.

She didn’t expect that the price to pay for offending Audrey was so terribly high. She bit

her lip and started to feel anxious.

Jake knew that Sarah and Emely were close, and he took a breath before saying, “She’s going to live.”

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“That’s good, that’s really good… Who would have thought something like happen to Emely?” Sarah replied in a heartbroken manner while looking at Emely with red eyes.

Sarah’s gaze then turned to Aaron, and she said to him gently, “Aaron, Emely is in your care now, please take good care of her and make sure she recovers.”

She looked like she was on the verge of tears as she said that.

Aaron glanced at Sarah indifferently, but didn’t respond.

He was fully aware of all the heinous things the Hernandez family did to his mentor, so he thought the worst of Sarah and didn’t expect her to be any sort of a good person.

Sarah was embarrassed that Aaron had ignored her, and a shadow came over her eyes.

“I’m leaving.” Audrey said flatly. She wasn’t interested in watching Sarah put on a show.

The moment Sarah heard Audrey’s voice, she froze. She hadn’t realized that there was another person in the hospital room.

Audrey’s figure was blocked completely by Aaron so Sarah couldn’t see her, but she recognized Audrey’s voice and finally noticed that she was standing behind him.

Sarah’s face changed completely then artd she shouted angrily at Audrey, “What are you doing here? Are you plotting something against Emely? You can forget about hurting. her now that I’m here, I won’t let you have your way!”

After that, she looked over at Jake and said to him anxiously, “Jake, I didn’t expect that Audrey would be like this. She and Emely had some problems with each other, but I didn’t think she would actually hurt Emely so badly.”

Sarah said that with such severity and conviction that if no one else was the wiser, they would have truly believed it was Audrey who landed Emely in her current state.

Although, Jake knew in his heart that this was the punishment that Emely deserved, even if it was a tad brutal.

He also knew that the person behind this was actually the head of the Clifford family.

Audrey looked at Sarah with a wry smile. She had to admit that Sarah’s acting was

compelling.

It was no wonder that there used to be so many brainwashed fans of hers in the entertainment industry.

“Sarah, since you claim that I was the one who did this to Emely, could you explain the reason why I did it?” Audrey a

“Audrey, it doesn’t matter whether you admit to it or not, I know Emely had offended you.” Sarah countered as she glanced at her.

It looked like she had more to say, but Sarah stopped herself.

It was part of her ploy to lead Jake into having suspicions that Audrey was the reason for Emely’s condition.

As long as people believed that was the truth, it would turn the Roscente family against Audrey. They’d grow annoyed and spiteful towards her and force her out of the family.

Once that happened, Audrey’s peaceful days in Northville would be numbered.

The fact that Audrey had saved one of the Roscente’s before wasn’t worth mentioning

then.

Sarah thought she knew Audrey best and didn’t think much of her skills. She couldn’t do anything at all so how could she have saved anyone?

The more she thought, the more she desired to make Audrey’s life miserable. She looked at Jake and said sadly, “Actually, there are two reasons why I came over today. Besides being worried about Emely and coming to check on her, I also wanted to apologize to you.

“At the end of the day, Audrey is my sister, while Emely is my best friend. Emely has been reduced to this state because of my sister, and I’d like to express my sincere apologies on her behalf. I hope you won’t blame Audrey.”

Sarah’s eyes were red and teary. Her face displayed anguish and heartache even though the words she just said were provocative and intended to drive a wedge between Audrey and the Roscentes.

Beneath her forlorn face, from the bottom of her heart, she was actually egging for the Roscente family to drive Audrey out and for them to teach her a lesson.

Her best case scenario was for the Roscentes to vent all their anger on Audrey and make it impossible for her to continue staying in Northville.

“This has nothing to do with Audrey. The blame lies solely with Emely. On the contrary, it’s us, the Roscentes who are grateful to her.” Jake clarified resolutely as he looked at Sarah with his brows slightly knitted.

He was put off by Sarah and t

her slightly offensive.

Sarah thought that Jake would fall for her act, hook, line and sinker, so she was surprised by his response. She gave Audrey a resentful look, the ferocity in her eyes. mounting.

Audrey looked at Sarah’s face and sneered in a low voice, “Don’t you feel afraid looking at Emely in this state?”

Her face was cold, but there was a derisive smile on her face..

“Me? What do I have to be afraid of?” Sarah answered coldly but with rage in her eyes.

Audrey prompted her. “What would you do if you also lost a leg and an car?”

She was smiling as she asked, but it was a devilish smile that sent a shiver down Sarah’s back.

“Or… do you actually prefer going to a men’s prison?” Audrey asked further.

Hearing that, Sarah’s body stiffened and the color drained from her face.

‘Did Audrey find out something? That’s impossible!‘ she thought in a panic.

Audrey saw the look on Sarah’s face and suddenly broke out in a wider smile. It caused Sarah to feel more alarmed than ever.

Sure enough, Sarah was the one manipulating the situation behind the scenes.

Audrey had just left Northville Hospital when her phone rang.

The moment she picked up, a voice cried out, “Skylark, something’s happened. Lucas is missing!”

Audrey’s face changed in an instant.