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Simon found himself staring, entranced, forgetting even to pull her away from Elsa.
“Simon… it hurts… save me…” Elsa’s agonized cries shattered his daze.
Reality slammed back into him. Shame scorched through him. How could he, even for a moment, find her beautiful while she brutalized his cherished Elsa?
Fury overtook him. He charged forward, intent on yanking Lily up and teaching her a vicious lesson.
But Dennis and the others, who had followed in concern, arrived just in time.
Dennis saw his foolish grandson raise a hand against Lily
-and rage exploded in him. He snatched up the broom the maid had left for cleaning and swung it hard across Simon’s back.
“You useless brat! Fooled by some manipulative white lotus, you can’t tell right from wrong-you’d even dare lay hands on your own cousin-in-law? I’ll beat some sense into you, idiot!”
James had come too, and though he didn’t strike Simon, he acted faster. Before Simon could get close to Lily, James wrapped his arms tightly around her, shielding her completely from harm.
Jamie stormed in after them, his face dark with fury.
Seeing his son ready to strike Lily, he kicked him square in the side.
Lily wasn’t just his nephew’s beloved-she carried his nephew’s child. If Simon harmed her, if she miscarried, how could he ever face his sister? How could he answer to his parents? They’d break his legs themselves!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew. He kicked Simon again, harder. “Your grandfather’s right- you’re a damn fool! From now on, you’d better show Lily the respect she deserves. If you ever dare lay a hand on her again, I’ll break your legs myself!”
Elsa writhed on the floor, her heart twisted with rage and despair. She had hoped Simon would tear Lily off her, beat her senseless, maybe even rid her of the bastard child. But before he could even act, Dennis and the others stopped him.
They stood blatantly on Lily’s side, making it clear-if Elsa suffered, she had only herself to blame.
Humiliated, in pain, her pride shredded, Elsa trembled, her body wracked with weakness. Tears spilled as she cried out to Simon with stubborn defiance, refusing to accept defeat.
“I don’t even know what I did wrong…”
“I came out of the stall, just washing my hands. I wanted to talk to Lily, to let go of our grudges, to reconcile. I lowered myself, I tried to apologize… but she went mad, completely mad, and started hitting me for no reason…”
Elsa wept miserably, her tears falling like shattered pearls.
“I know I offended her before, but I’ve already admitted my mistakes. I sincerely tried to apologize-why won’t she let me go? Does she really need to drive me to death before she feels happy? It hurts… it hurts so much…”
Simon’s gaze fell on her and his chest tightened.
On her pale, slender arms were several angry red scratches. Both sides of her face were swollen grotesquely, her lip split and bleeding. Her neck bore dark bruises where fingers had pressed.
Every mark screamed of Lily’s violence.
He clenched his fists. Elsa had already confessed her wrongs, and she had little time left to live-yet Lily still struck her so cruelly. His eyes burned scarlet with rage, and hatred surged so hot he could barely breathe. He longed to tear Lily apart.
His voice came out like ice cracking. “Lily, how dare you bully Lizzy like this? You should be damned!”
“Idiot child! You’re the one who should be damned! Shut your mouth!”
Dennis pressed a hand to his chest, veins throbbing in fury. One day, he swore, this disgraceful grandson would drive him to his grave.
“What’s going on here?”
Zoey had just finished her video call with an old friend, and Mary came down from upstairs at the same time. They both entered, only to see Elsa huddled in the corner, her face puffed into a grotesque mask. Both women nearly failed to hide the upward twitch at the corners of their mouths.
“Grandma, Mom, look what Lily did to Lizzy!”
Simon seized the moment to complain, as if grasping for allies.
“I know Lily is selfish and petty, unwilling to accept Lizzy’s apology. But even if she won’t reconcile, she can’t lash out like this! She knows Lizzy has late-stage cancer and little time left, yet she still beat her so viciously. How can she be so cruel?”
“Pfah! You’re the cruel one!”
Zoey, terrified that her foolish grandson might hurt Lily for Elsa’s sake, hurried to Lily’s side to check on her. Seeing no slap marks on Lily’s face and no visible. injuries, she sighed with relief.
Mary, on the other hand, cast Elsa a disdainful glance. “What ruthless attack? Elsa’s not dead, is she?”
“Mom!”
Simon nearly exploded from rage. Elsa was battered and bleeding before their eyes, yet his own mother still defended Lily. Couldn’t they see the truth? Did they have no humanity left?
“Lily, did all this frighten you?”
Zoey ignored his outburst, fussing over Lily again, then turned to James. “James, she must be shaken. When you take her home, comfort her, calm her, don’t let her carry any shadows in her heart.”
“Grandma!”
Simon’s voice broke. Elsa was the one beaten, Elsa the one wronged-yet his grandmother only fretted over Lily’s feelings.
His once-carefree face twisted in fury, his voice rising to a near-scream. “I know you all dote on Lily, but how can you be so blinded by favoritism that you can’t even tell right from wrong? She beat Lizzy half to death for no reason! Instead of shielding her, you should demand that she apologize to Lizzy!”
Elsa closed her eyes, tears sliding silently down her checks, praying the elders’ hearts would tilt just slightly toward her.
But Dennis’s reply cut sharp as a knife. “Lily is my chosen granddaughter-in-law. You think I’d take the side of some lying, shameless, venomous girl over her? An apology? My granddaughter-in-law gave a slut a few slaps, so what? If you expect Lily to apologize, you’re dreaming!”
“Grandfather!”
Simon trembled with rage. They were all unreasonable, ganging up on Elsa while she stood utterly alone. He couldn’t bear to see the girl who had once shared life and death with him treated this way. He would demand justice for her, no matter what.
He turned his gaze on Lily, dangerous and sharp. “Lily, apologize to Lizzy.”
“Scoundrel!”
Jamie’s foot shot out, kicking Simon to the ground.
And James’s eyes, already cold, turned glacial. His stare was lethal as he drew Lily closer into his embrace.
“My Lily will never apologize to Elsa. Not now, not ever.”
“My girlfriend does not bow to anyone.”
“Lily has always been upright and clear in her conscience. I don’t believe she would strike without reason. Instead of condemning her blindly, you should be asking that wretched woman on the floor what vile thing she did to deserve it.”
Simon had always admired James, the most brilliant among them. Even though anger still clouded his chest, James’s words stirred doubt in his mind.
“Elsa, what did you do to Lily?”
“I didn’t do anything…”
Elsa longed for Simon to embrace her, but he kept his distance. With no choice, she leaned pitifully against the wall, tears dripping down her face. “I just told her I hoped we could get along from now on, and she suddenly slapped me again and again. She even said she wanted to send me on my way early…”
“Simon, she beat me for so long. I’m in so much pain…”
“Elsa, you really are good at twisting the truth.”
Lily, sickened by the shameless lies, replied coolly. “You wanted to get along with me? That’s funny-I saw you sneaking up behind me, trying to push me so I’d miscarry. That’s your idea of getting along?”
“Lily, what did you just say?”
Zoey and the others froze, their expressions instantly darkening.
They trusted Lily’s character. She was a good child, not one to raise a hand without reason. But if Elsa truly dared to harm the baby she carried-right under the Bale family’s roof-then the audacity was beyond belief.
“I was washing my hands,” Lily explained steadily. “I heard footsteps, light-far too light. No normal person would walk like that. I guessed Elsa was trying something. When she came closer, I dodged-and sure enough, she lunged at me to push me over.”
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