Chapter 609 Can You Help Me?
Edward's heart sank, and he immediately turned to Evelyn. "Evelyn, let me go meet them."
After all, right now the outside world was full of gossip and harsh criticism about her. This was a hospital, such a sensitive place—if there was a conflict with the witnesses' families, it could hurt Evelyn.
He could handle and bear all of this.
But he didn't want Evelyn to face these things. It would break his heart.
"Edward, I understand what you mean."
Evelyn held his hand in her palm and calmly reassured him instead. "But I'm the one they want to see. And if I hadn't asked to see Anna, things wouldn't have gotten this bad. So I have to step up, express my apology, and show my sincerity. You know me—the word 'retreat' isn't in my dictionary."
"What a coincidence, neither is it in mine."
The man gazed at her affectionately and held her hand. "So I'm going with you."
...
Anna was placed in a VIP ward with high privacy and security.
William was still worried that these family members might cause a scene at the hospital and damage Evelyn's reputation, so he had people bring them to the VIP area as quickly as possible.
Evelyn and Edward stood side by side in the corridor.
Watching Anna's mother and the parents of another victim girl walking briskly toward her, she appeared calm but felt nervous inside.
The three people stopped in front of them.
Edward and William watched them closely, worried someone might impulsively attack Evelyn.
Anna's mother's face was covered with undried tear stains, her eyes bloodshot. She hadn't spoken yet, but her resentment toward Evelyn was written all over her face!
Evelyn clenched her numb fingers and was about to speak—
"Ms. Taylor! Mr. Wellington! Please... you must save my daughter! Please!"
With a thud, the other victim girl's parents actually took the initiative to plead!
Evelyn and Edward quickly stepped forward to comfort them. The girl's parents were already sobbing uncontrollably!
"Please... you must agree to save my child... I'm begging you!" The girl's mother cried bitterly, her grief heartbreaking to witness.
Evelyn felt a sharp pain in her chest, her eyes quietly moistening. "Please don't cry anymore, you'll hurt yourself."
"Coming here to cry to Mrs. Wellington now—what's that supposed to mean?"
Bart walked up to them indignantly, dissatisfied with their attitude of only turning to Evelyn when in trouble. "Before this, I've been contacting you on behalf of Mrs. Wellington and Mr. Wellington. You haven't forgotten what your attitude toward us was, have you? Mrs. Wellington did think about helping you. Wasn't it you who refused?"
"Bart! Stop it!" Edward scolded sternly.
"Help? You call this help?"
Anna's mother Nyla couldn't hold back anymore and pointed at Evelyn, shouting angrily, "If it weren't for you! Why would anyone want to kill Anna? All you care about is getting her to testify for you and eliminate your own enemies! Did you ever consider whether ordinary people like us would live or die?"
"Anna is only seventeen... she already suffered so much meeting that bastard, and all she wants is to live a good life... why won't you give her that chance?"
Bart couldn't communicate normally with Nyla—their perspectives were completely different!
Only because she was Anna's mother did he refrain from confronting her directly.
But hearing this really made him angry!
"The Alexander family has been secretly monitoring your every move. Do you want Anna to live her whole life under this kind of invasive surveillance?" Edward frowned, clearly not understanding this kind of unreasonable argument.
"I know... I've always known! But so what?"
Nyla trembled all over, almost hysterical. "I'd rather have it this way... than let Anna suffer any harm or be in danger!"
"Her life was getting back to normal, everything was getting better... and you people messed it all up again! You almost got Anna killed! You privileged capitalists... you just meddle in other people's lives for your own comfort!"
"What gives you the right?"
Evelyn felt a sharp stab in her chest.
Her mind raced—she was quick-witted and had plenty of words to refute her.
But her throat was blocked by overwhelming guilt and self-blame, and all her words turned to speechless silence.
"You're too naive."
Edward held Evelyn's hand. "The only reason you can live peacefully right now is because the Alexander Group is in internal chaos, Randy is still detained at the police station, and they're too busy to target you."
Nyla froze, her bloodshot eyes blank with confusion.
"Once Randy's troubles are resolved and he's free to do whatever he wants again—given his vindictive nature, do you think he'll easily let Anna go? If you don't eliminate the problem at its root, that's when Anna will truly have no peace."
"Mr. Wellington is absolutely right! Don't keep being foolish!"
The victim girl's father was relatively composed, but his eyes were also filled with tears as he looked at Evelyn and Edward helplessly. "Mr. Wellington, Ms. Taylor! It's not that we didn't want to ask for your help—the Alexander family was pushing us to the brink! Their people came to threaten us, saying if we talked, the Alexander family had ways to make our family of three disappear from Mugden without a trace! How could we dare go against a conglomerate?"
"Until we could be sure you could help us, we could only survive by keeping quiet. We didn't dare contact you."
The girl's mother covered her face in despair. "But these past days, my daughter's mental state has been collapsing... the day before yesterday, she locked herself in her room and cut her wrists."
A towering rage and heartache surged through Evelyn's chest, almost crushing her internal organs, as if the blood in her veins was boiling!
"What..." Nyla was shocked!
"My daughter... she's only sixteen, younger than your daughter, and not as strong as her."
The girl's mother cried as if her soul was breaking. "Why does my daughter have to suffer like this... what did she do wrong..."
The girl's father said bitterly, "We kept quiet, but our daughter's physical and mental health can never come back! That beast destroyed everything! In that case... what's the point of keeping quiet? Our daughter is alive, but he's already completely destroyed her!"
"How is your daughter doing now? Is she out of danger?"
Evelyn's eyes were red. She was more concerned about the child's condition right now. "If she's still hospitalized, I can arrange for her to be transferred immediately to a hospital under our KnightSpear Group. We'll cover all medical expenses."
"Ms. Taylor..." The parents were too moved to speak.
"Also, after your daughter recovers, I'll bring in the best psychologists in the country to provide counseling for your child. I believe... she will become strong and emerge from this shadow."
"Thank you... thank you, Ms. Taylor! You're our savior!"
Nyla was also stunned.
She thought that the noble heiress, humiliated by poor people and rejected by people from the lower class, would surely seize this opportunity to trample their dignity and regain her lost face.
She never expected that Evelyn would not hold grudges and would wholeheartedly help them.
"Nyla."
Evelyn walked up to her and carefully took her rough hand, gradually tightening her grip. "Although I'm not a mother, I completely understand your feelings, because my hatred for Randy is no less than yours."
"Don't forget, my own sister is also a victim. If we're talking about personal motives, I have them too—I want to unite all the victims and seek justice from the Alexander family! Will you... help me?"
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