Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Martin Weiss turned to look at Kyla. “Do you know how
dangerous that was? Those words of yours triggered him. What would you have done if he lost his temper, pushed you, and hit you?”
“But didn’t you protect me?” Kyla asked.
It made Martin Weiss speechless. After a while, he said, “What if I hadn’t stopped him?”
Kyla froze as if she had not thought of the probability at all. She only knew she felt safe when Martin Weiss was by her side.
Martin Weiss sighed. “Alright. Just don’t say such triggering words if you see George Gregory again.”
Kyla muttered, “George Gregory didn’t seem to know about Amber Mitchell’s missing finger when I mentioned it just now. But he said Amber Mitchell is only a lunatic now. Did he really love Amber Mitchell?”
“Yes. If he had never loved her, he wouldn’t have reacted that way when you said that,” said Martin Weiss.
“He reacted as if he had some deep vendetta against Amber Mitchell,” said Kyla.
“How can there be hate if there’s no love? The more you love, the more you hate,” Martin Weiss murmured as he gazed at the person in front of him. “Don’t you know that?”
Kyla trembled slightly. ‘Yes, how could I not understand it? It’s… the same… as what’s going on between him and me.’
“He hates Amber Mitchell? Is it because of the rumors between Amber Mitchell and Herman Moss?”
“Only the three of them know whether they’re rumors or not.
Perhaps they’re not,” said Martin Weiss.
“No, Amber Mitchell wouldn’t have a change of heart if she truly loves someone. Even if she did, she wouldn’t have dragged it out and would have broken off the engagement right away to stop the rumors,” said Kyla. After all, Amber Mitchell had always been straightforward.
“You only know Amber Mitchell during your time in prison. You only know one side of her,” said Martin Weiss.
“But…”
“Alright, you’ve met George Gregory today. You can only take things one step at a time if you want to know what happened,” he said.
“Take things one step at a time…’ Kyla felt emotional. How could Amber Mitchell wait for her to take things one step at a time? The longer Amber Mitchell stayed in the mental hospital, the more she would suffer!
George Gregory walked out of the meeting room and returned to his office. He was exuding a gloomy air. Even the secretary who usually followed him around seemed cautious, afraid that they would say the wrong thing and annoy their boss.
“Get out. Nobody can enter without my permission,” said George Gregory.
“Yes,” the secretary answered.
He was instantly left alone in the office. After a long time, he took out his phone and dialed a number. “I want information about Amber Mitchell’s years in the mental hospital and whether she’s missing… any body parts…”
It was almost as if he was using up all his strength to say the last part of the sentence.
When the call was over, George Gregory closed his eyes in exhaustion.
Amber Mitchell… Amber Mitchell…
‘How many years have I buried that name?’
He had not thought of the name for years, nor would he allow others to mention it.
Those who knew him well know that the name was taboo to him.
However, he did not expect a strange woman to mention it today. Besides that, that person said…
Amber Mitchell’s right ring finger was… gone!
He had slipped the engagement ring on her ring finger back then.
At that time, her long finger looked so beautiful against the glittering diamond ring.
If she had not betrayed him and if Herman had not died, would everything have been different?
It was getting dark. Even though it was past the time to get off work, George Gregory did not move. He still sat in the leather chair at his desk, waiting quietly.
Finally, his phone rang. “Mr. Gregory, I’ve sorted out all the information and emailed it to you.”
“Okay,” said George Gregory as he opened his inbox and read the information.
However, his face turned increasingly pale as he read the information.
There was not much information. After all, it had only been such a short time, but it contained what he wanted to know.
The ring finger on her right hand was… indeed gone!
Besides that, she had not been having a good time in the mental hospital throughout these years.
Louise Mitchell would go to the mental hospital several times a month, but Amber Mitchell would ‘harm herself every time after Louise Mitchell left and needed medical treatment.
The information did not state whether Amber Mitchell had really self-harmed or it as an excuse to explain her injuries.
However, George Gregory was no fool. He could figure out what it meant.
His phone rang again, and Louise Mitchell’s gentle voice came from it. “George, when will you be back? I haven’t had dinner yet. I want to wait for you to come back.”
“Go ahead and eat. I’ll be late today,” said George Gregory.
When the call ended, George Gregory looked at his phone and squeezed it.
The next day, George Gregory went to the mental hospital and met Amber Mitchell.
In the silent ward, he looked at the woman he had once loved with all his life sitting on the hospital bed while dressed in a hospital gown. He felt as though the two of them were worlds away.
What shocked him the most was that her right ring finger was missing as if it had been cut off.
He asked with a trembling voice. “Tell me how you lost… your finger.”
However, she only hung her head and made no reply.
The nurse nearby said, “Mr. Gregory, she’s been like this for all these years. She doesn’t talk much and is immersed in her own world. You can’t expect her to answer your questions.”
George Gregory ignored the nurse and walked closer to Amber Mitchell’s hospital bed. “Tell me how you lost your finger.”
Amber Mitchell remained silent.
The nurse warned, “Mr. Gregory, don’t get too close. She’s a mental patient and can be aggressive!”
‘Yeah, she’s mentally ill!’ George Gregory told himself, but he still asked a mental patient how she lost her finger.
‘I shouldn’t be asking her this!
‘Or am I subconsciously hoping she isn’t mentally ill? Or maybe I’ve always thought that… she wasn’t?’
George Gregory thought as he raised his hand to get a good look at her face.
She hung her head low with her long hair covering her face. He could not see her face at all.
However, she suddenly moved before his hand touched her hair. The next moment, she bit his right hand hard!
The nurse shrieked and immediately tried to pull George Gregory’s right hand out of Amber Mitchell’s
mouth, but Amber Mitchell was biting hard, so the nurse raised her hand and started hitting Amber Mitchell.
The nurse did it out of habit and did not think much about it.
After all, Louise Mitchell had asked her to do that to Amber Mitchell many times when she was here.
As time passed, the nurses stopped treating Amber Mitchell like a human being and sometimes took their anger out on her when they were in a bad mood.
However, George Gregory’s expression froze and his brows furrowed when he watched the nurse hit Amber Mitchell.
Even though he had nothing but hatred for the woman now, he did not want to see someone else beat her like that!
“That’s enough!” George Gregory raised his left hand and violently pushed the nurse away.
The nurse staggered as she was pushed aside. She said with shock, “Mr. Gregory!”
However, George Gregory ignored her. He just stared at the person biting his right hand.
His hand was bleeding from the bite, and red blood ran down her mouth as it dripped onto the white bedsheet. George Gregory finally saw the eyes covered by the frizzy hair.
‘Her eyes…’
Amber Mitchell’s eyes were not as bright as they used to be. Those eyes seemed like they had experienced many things in life. and… were full of intense hatred.
George Gregory was startled.
‘She hates me! That’s overwhelming hatred!
‘But why does she hate me so much? She wronged me back then. I should be the one who should be resentful! I hate her. She has no right to hate me!’
“Amber Mitchell, you’re really a lunatic! Haven’t you gotten better after all these years of treatment here?” He snapped.
Her pupils shrank, and her hatred was suddenly enveloped by silence as if everything was still. Slowly, she closed her eyes and loosened her bite.
George Gregory finally got to withdraw his hand. There were red teeth marks on it, and blood was oozing from the wound.
Amber Mitchell hung her head low and was motionless as when he first came in.
The nurse saw George Gregory’s bleeding hand and hurriedly said, “Mr. Gregory, you should have your hand taken care of quickly!”
Then, she yelled at Amber Mitchell, “Great, you bit someone again! Who told you to bite others?” With that said, she raised one hand to hit her.
George Gregory said, “Who permitted you to hit her? You’re just the nurse. You’re in charge of taking care of her, not beating her!”
“Mr. Gregory, you don’t know this, but the doctor told us to hit the patients if they’re aggressive. They’ll feel pain and learn their lesson after getting beaten,” the nurse said plausibly.
“So, do you beat her a lot?” George Gregory’s face darkened as he asked.
The nurse noticed George Gregory’s angry tone and immediately said weakly, “We… uh… only hit her when she’s aggressive. It’s for her own good! Besides… uh… it’s what the doctor ordered.” She hurriedly removed herself from all responsibility.
“Don’t beat her up anymore. Don’t forget, she’s still the heiress of the Mitchell family!” George Gregory said coldly. He took another look at Amber Mitchell and almost left the ward in a fluster.
It was as if he could no longer stay there. The person he once loved was now a complete lunatic!
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