Free Web NovelChapter 553: Chapter 553: Empathy
"So, are you upset?"
Walker Grant stared at her coldly. "Someone like you is capable of feeling upset?"
Sunny Reed kept shaking her head and muttering in disbelief, but her face grew increasingly pale, her heart filled with immense panic and sorrow. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
She lowered her gaze to her hands, her entire body trembling violently.
’I’m the one who made my son drink the poison. I just wanted to stay by his side... I had no other choice.’
’I never wanted to actually hurt him.’
’He’s the child I carried for ten months!’
’He was my only source of support when I was at my most helpless and miserable.’
’I didn’t want this...’
Sunny Reed looked up at Walker Grant. "Walker Grant, now that he’s like this, he needs his mother more than ever. Let me take care of him. I promise I’ll do a good job. I’ll never, ever hurt him again."
But Walker Grant had no intention of listening to any more of her nonsense. He glanced at the bodyguards to his side and said, "You’re his mother. All the pain he’s suffered came from your own hands. That being the case, you should have a taste of it, too. Only then can you truly understand how he felt."
With that, he turned and walked away.
A nearby bodyguard, who had been waiting, approached Sunny Reed with a syringe in hand.
Sunny Reed scrambled backward, shaking her head frantically. "No, no! You can’t do this to me! Walker Grant, I saved your life! You can’t do this to me!"
"Hold her down."
The other bodyguards moved in, pinning Sunny Reed down firmly.
Sunny Reed let out an agonized scream. She was completely unable to break free. She felt the needle pierce her skin and the drug inject into her body. She was frantic with panic, but there was nothing she could do to change her situation.
A deep-seated hatred surfaced in her eyes. ’This is all their fault!’
"..."
When Walker Grant returned, he saw that Noah had already settled in nicely with the family.
He was sitting across from the old matriarch, playing Go-Moku with her. The pair, one old and one young, were both completely focused.
Chloe Reed sat nearby, looking at her phone, a faint hint of worry clouding her features.
Walker Grant walked over and sat down beside her. "What’s wrong?" he asked.
Chloe Reed sighed softly. "I’ve been texting Iris nonstop, but she hasn’t replied."
’It’s been seven or eight days. I wonder how Iris is doing now?’
’Did that lunatic William Quinn hurt her?’
She looked at Walker Grant. "Still no word from your men?"
Walker Grant grunted. "Not yet. As soon as William Quinn reached his destination, he switched modes of transportation. For him, hiding his tracks overseas is as easy as breathing."
Chloe Reed pressed her lips together. After a long moment, she said, "Iris will be fine. I’m sure of it."
"Mm."
Walker Grant gazed at her, a dark glint flashing deep in his eyes.
Just then, his phone rang. He took it out, glanced at the screen, and answered. "Hello?"
The caller was Nathaniel Monroe.
"Walker, I’m almost fully recovered. Do you have any news about Iris? I need to go find her."
Nathaniel Monroe’s voice was extremely urgent. He had managed to wait patiently for seven or eight days, but he had reached his limit.
Walker Grant’s expression darkened. "You’re completely recovered?" he asked coldly. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Yes, I’m completely recovered," Nathaniel Monroe said with absolute certainty. "If you have any news about her, just tell me. I have to bring her back."
Walker Grant said, "I’ll send some men over to test your abilities. If you’ve really recovered, I’ll send you to her."
Nathaniel Monroe was taken aback and instinctively refused. "There’s no need for that, is there? I know my own body."
"It’s settled," Walker Grant said, his tone unyielding.
