Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Suddenly, the only people left in the private room were Jason,
Patrick, the waitress, Mr. Lee, Terrence, and several of Jason’s bodyguards.
Jason took the waitress’ hand and gently caressed her index finger that was wrapped in gauze. His lowered eyes seemed to be thinking about something.
The woman’s face appeared bashful, and a hint of surprise flashed through Patrick’s eyes. ‘Is it true that Jason is interested in this woman?’
However, the next moment, what Jason said surprised Patrick.
“If you want your nails pulled out so badly, then go ahead and pull them out. You’ll get to fulfill your wish too,” Jason said lightly as he loosened his hold on the wornan’s hand.
The woman instantly turned pale, and her body trembled a little. “Master Reed… I… I don’t get what you mean.”
“You don’t get it?” Jason ordered Terrence who was nearby, “Let her understand.”
Terrence stepped forward and said to the waitress, “You and Mr. Lee are old friends. One of your relatives went to prison. and was in the same cell as Grace. I think you learned about Miss Cummins having her fingernails pulled out from your relative and asked Mr. Lee to help you put on such a show.”
After all, Jason’s former relationship with Grace was no secret in high society, and those who were keen could naturally find out about it.
As soon as Terrence said this, both the woman and Mr. Lee, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly trembled like shaking sieves.
“No… No, Master Reed… I… I really…” The woman wanted to say something, but Jason did not even bother to listen. He just turned to Patrick and said, “I gotta go. You know me, I’ll have people pay back double of what they did to me!”
Patrick and Jason had known each other for so many years. How could he not know his temper? Looking at the woman. with a frightened face and trembling body, as well as the man who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, Patrick shrugged. He did not have much sympathy.
After all, many women wanted to snag Jason.
However, this woman should never have tried to use Grace to get to the top.
It was naive to think that pretending to have her fingernails. pulled out would arouse Jason’s interest.
Jason was the one most meticulous among them. Who in Emerald City could set Jason up?
“Young Master Ye! Help me!” The woman suddenly rushed toward Patrick and grabbed his arm. With a flustered face, she cried desperately for help, “I… I’ll do anything as long as you’ll save me, Young Master Ye!”
Patrick sneered, “What do you think I need you to do? Since you’ve set your heart on setting Jason up, you should’ve expected the consequences of your failure!”
Patrick shook off the woman’s hand as he spoke and left the private room, ignoring everything there.
Brian drove Grace back to her rental house. On the way back, he said, “If Patrick comes giving you trouble again, just give me a call.”
Grace was silent for a moment before she said, “You… could have woken me up… on the bus yesterday.”
He said, “You saw the video? I saw that you were asleep and thought I might as well let you sleep for a while. But what I didn’t realize was that someone had taken a video of us and even posted it online. If you don’t like it, I can have it taken down.”
He was always wary of those candid cameras, but yesterday on the bus, he had been so focused on her that he did not pay attention to his surroundings.
Grace was shocked. “Is Nelson being hospitalized? Why is he hospitalized? Wait, tell me which hospital you’re in. I’ll come over right now. I’ll transfer you the money on my phone now!”
Grace ended the call after keeping the hospital name Kyla Corbyn told her in mind. Brian, who had also heard the conversation, said, “You want to go to City First Hospital, don’t you? I’ll send you there!”
“Thank you,” said Grace. Then, she quickly transferred 2,000 dollars to Kyla Corbyn on her phone.
She was worried about Nelson on the way to the hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, she said to Brian, “Thank you for taking me to the hospital. Sorry for the trouble.” With that, she hastily opened the car door to get out.
Brian immediately grabbed Grace’s hand. “If there’s anything you need, just let me know. I’ll help you!”
Grace gave Brian a deep look and smiled. “Thank you!” She rushed into the hospital.
Brian looked at Grace’s back until she disappeared from his field of vision. He slowly raised his hand and gently kissed the palm that had just held her hand. It was as if the warmth of her hand was still there.
“Grace… If I may, I don’t want your gratitude…” he muttered.
He had always kept his distance from people subconsciously. Even friends like Patrick would say that he was too cold, giving o person sense of estrangement.
It was as if others could not enter his heart no matter what.
Now, he seemed to know what it felt like to be unable to enter someone’s heart. He desperately approached her, wanting to enter her world, but he always felt some estrangement from her.
Even though she smiled at him, she seemed to be silently refusing his approach.
Just what could he do to truly enter her heart?
Grace hurried to the floor of the inpatient pediatrics department. She told the nurse at the nurse’s desk Nelson’s name and found the ward.
Nelson was already asleep.
Lying in the hospital bed, the little one bandages around his shin, and his face was bruised. Even though the little one’s eyes were closed, they were obviously swollen. It looked like he had been beaten.
Mrs. Corbyn was sitting by Nelson’s hospital bed, tears silently streaming down her face.
Grace stepped forward. Scaring she would wake Nelson, she softened her footsteps and asked in a whisper, “Aunt, what happened to Nelson?”
“You’re here…” Mrs. Corbyn sighed and looked at Grace as she said, “Nelson got into a fight with the other children in the kindergarten and… ended up like this. Oh, dear. He did a lot of tests today, and he’s going to do more later. The doctor says he’s okay, but it’s still not rea**uring…”
Mrs. Corbyn babbled on. Grace was surprised. ‘A fight?’ In her opinion, Nelson was shy and would not make a move to get into a conflict with others. Even if the little one did not like them, he would just ignore them at most.
“Why did Nelson get into a fight?” asked Grace.
Mrs. Corbyn sighed. “The boy fought with the kids… because of his mother. They told him that his mother had been in prison and was a bad person, so he started fighting with the kids.”
As she spoke, tears welled up in Mrs. Corbyn’s eyes again.
“Kyla has suffered enough, and now, this happened to Nelson too. I don’t know if he can attend that kindergarten anymore. What are we going to do??”
Grace guessed that it was because Paisley Daniels hod deliberately mentioned Kyla’s imprisonment at the kindergarten’s gates, so the story spread around the kindergarten-so much so that even the children would run up to Nelson and say such things.
Just then, Kyla Corbyn also entered the room. As soon as she saw Grace, she said, “It’s late yet you still came over. Thank you so much for earlier. I’ll pay you back tomorrow.”
“Take your time,” said Grace as she looked at Kyla Corbyn’s tired face with red eyes. Her face was utterly pale under the lights. “Kyla, I heard about Nelson’s incident from Aunt. He probably fought those kids today to defend you.”
“Yeah, I know.” Kyla Corbyn looked gently at her sleeping son. She naturally knew that her son did not like others saying she was a bad person.
However, Nelson did not know that in the eyes of the world, she deserved to be imprisoned. She was a bad woman!
“How about I ask Lina to figure out a way to transfer Nelson to another kindergarten?” asked Grace.
After all, everyone in the kindergarten probably knew now that Kyla Corbyn had been to prison. Nelson would probably be discriminated against if he continued to stay there.
Grace had gone through such an experience before and did not want Nelson to go through the same thing! Since they could not change the environment there, what they could do was make the changes on their side.
However, Kyla Corbyn did not answer Grace’s suggestion. Instead, she asked, “What are my chances if I want to reverse the case now?”
Grace was shocked and thought carefully for a while, then gave Kyla Corbyn an answer. “30%”
Kyla Corbyn gave a wry smile. ‘Only 30%… A 30% chance that the case can be reversed?’ However, ordinary people would fight even if there was only a 10% chance!
However, it was too low for her!
“Because it was a long time ago. Some of the evidence in your favor is gone, so the judge will refer more to the testimony of the witnesses even if we want to reverse the case. However, we have every chance of finding new evidence. If we study the case carefully, we’ll get a 30% chance!”
Grace spoke. She had studied Kyla’s case and found that there were some loopholes in it. If she tried to exploit those loopholes, they would have a chance of winning, and if new evidence could lead to a chain of evidence, the odds of winning were even higher.
“However, if we file the lawsuit, it’s possible that they’ll publish news about it online. Journalists will pay close attention to the case reversal, and Nelson may even be hara**ed, right?” said Kyla Corbyn.
Grace hesitated for a moment. “We can only try our best to avoid these things. There’s no way to control them. After all, Martin Weiss is quite popular.”
Kyla Corbyn gave another wry smile. “I see, let me think it over again!”
If they filed the lawsuit, losing would only reinforce the belief that she deserved her sentence!
That would hurt Nelson even more!
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