While Nana was soothing her daughter back to sleep, Mrs. Waters, limping, left the residential building and immediately called Carl as soon as she sat in the car.
At this moment, she was furious and determined to make Carl call her back.
Unfortunately, Carl was busy with work and had left his phone in the car, so he couldn’t answer Mrs. Waters’ call in time.
Unable to reach Carl, Mrs. Waters became even more convinced that her son was useless.
In a huff, she went to the hospital, where an examination revealed no serious injuries, so she received simple disinfection and bandaging.
With a swollen face, Mrs. Waters came out of the examination room and took the elevator to the ward where Grace was staying.
As soon as she opened the door, Grace, lying in the hospital bed, was dumbfounded.
She couldn’t believe that the middle-aged lady entering was Mrs. Waters.
“Mrs. Waters, what happened to your face? What on earth happened?” Grace was terrified, hastily sitting up from the bed.
Feeling embarrassed, Mrs. Waters didn’t immediately answer Grace’s question. She closed the door, walked to the bedside, and then told the truth.
“My face was beaten by Nana. She will have her retribution!”
Mrs. Waters cried as she spoke, and she even showed Grace the bruises on her body.
Seeing her powerful ally reduced to such a state, Grace was shocked and had no choice but to pretend to show concern. “Mrs. Waters, have you had a full-body examination? These injuries are too severe…”
“It’s fine. My bones are not seriously injured.”
Mrs. Waters frowned and complained, “What’s most disheartening is that Nana, that wretched woman, beat me like this, and Carl didn’t even answer my call!”
In fact, recently, Carl not answering Mrs. Waters’ calls had become the norm.
Grace was well aware of this, as she was usually Mrs. Waters’ emotional dumping ground.
“Maybe Carl is busy. Wasn’t he hiding in his room writing a script for the past few days?”
Grace sighed lightly, well aware of Mrs. Waters’ appearance, and cautiously asked, “What happened? Did Nana come to your house?”
When it came to this matter, Mrs. Waters was in the wrong, but there was nothing to hide from Grace.
After learning the whole story of Mrs. Waters being beaten, Grace privately believed that Mrs. Waters had brought it upon herself.
However, such words couldn’t be said aloud, of course.
Grace also looked angry and stood on Mrs. Waters’ side, chiming in, “It’s too much! Nana is simply inhuman! How could she lay such heavy hands on you!”
Mrs. Waters sniffed and clenched her fist, declaring, “Today, I was not only physically assaulted and humiliated by Nana and her family. I can’t swallow this! I will make them pay back twice as much!”
Hearing Mrs. Waters’ determination, Grace, who had just finished acting out the miscarriage scene, continued to rebuild her image in Mrs. Waters’ heart and spared no effort to please her.
“How about this, Mrs. Waters? You focus on recovering from your injuries, and leave dealing with the Lawson family to me!”
At first, Mrs. Waters didn’t understand Grace’s intention and thought she wanted to confront Nana herself.
“Don’t cause any more trouble. Your body hasn’t fully recovered, and besides, you and her are equally matched in a fight. I don’t want you getting hurt.”
To some extent, Mrs. Waters still protected Grace because she knew that if Grace went to confront Nana, the outcome would be the same.
But how could Grace repeat the same mistake?
Her shrewd eyes turned, and she whispered in Mrs. Waters’ ear, “Don’t worry, I won’t take any risks. As it happens, I know a few delinquents. I can send them in for a small fee.”
Only then did Mrs. Waters realize what Grace meant, and she couldn’t help but feel a little relieved.
She was growing more and more fond of Grace and was determined to have Carl marry this prospective daughter-in-law.
That day, after Mrs. Waters returned home, Grace kept her promise and contacted a group of troublemakers with no prospects.
At ten o’clock in the evening, Nana, exhausted from taking care of the child all day, had even forgotten to take a bath before bed. After feeding her daughter, she unknowingly fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, while Nana was in a deep sleep, she suddenly heard her mother urgently calling her name.
“Nana, wake up quickly! Janelle has a fever!”
Upon hearing these words, Nana, who was originally tired, instantly woke up.
She sat up straight, seeing her child lying in Tracy’s arms, with unusually flushed cheeks on both sides of her face.
She touched Janelle’s forehead and indeed felt a high temperature.
Instantly, Nana regretted not taking her daughter to the hospital for a check-up during the day.
“Janelle must have developed a fever from hitting her head…”
She muttered anxiously, quickly dressing up and urging her parents, “Mom, Dad, let’s hurry to the hospital to have the baby checked.”
Tracy also regretted her misjudgment and didn’t dare to say much. She put on a thin jacket and left the house.
The three of them hurriedly made their way, with the child wrapped in a blanket by Tracy. Janelle was in a drowsy state, occasionally making a few whimpering sounds, but even her usual crying was absent.
This made Nana even more worried, preparing to go to the nearest maternal and child health hospital to get her daughter treated as soon as possible.
What she didn’t expect was that as the family of three arrived downstairs, before Jerry could open the car door, the glaring lights ahead made it impossible for him to open his eyes.
Immediately after, the rumbling sound of motorcycles approached rapidly, surrounding them in the blink of an eye.
In an instant, Jerry was stunned, instinctively standing in front of his wife and daughter.
“You guys, who do you think you are? My granddaughter is sick and we’re in a hurry to go to the hospital. Please make way.”
Jerry couldn’t figure out who he had offended or why this group of bikers was specifically targeting Nana.
“Make way? Dream on!”
“We can send you on your way, though!”
Two of the bikers at the front grinned, with one of them even whistling.
Then, two more motorcycles came rushing in from behind, and the bikers who had surrounded the Lawson family quickly made way.
Realizing that the situation was dire, Jerry was afraid of his family getting hurt. Without waiting for the motorcycles to collide, he pushed them away.
There was a loud crash as the speeding motorcycle sent Jerry flying, then turned its head and rushed toward Tracy and Nana.
It was only at this moment that they realized they were the targets of the bikers. Tracy, also wanting to protect her granddaughter, directly threw herself in their path.
“Mom!”
With Nana’s heart-wrenching scream, she watched as her mother also fell under the motorcycle.
“Hehe! Now it’s your turn!”
The biker wearing a helmet emitted a sinister and cruel laughter.
Nana shuddered suddenly, knowing she was in imminent danger.
But she had one thought pounding in her brain: she had to make sure her child survived.
“Get out of the way!”
Seeing the biker revving the motorcycle towards her, Nana held her child tightly and ran.
“Why are you all standing there like idiots? Can’t you see that girl running away?”
Only when Nana had run more than twenty meters away did the leader of the bikers curse in annoyance.
The rumbling sound of the motorcycles resounded again as they relentlessly pursued her.