The more she heard Helena’s words, the colder Clara felt.
Laura had set her up so badly, she was trying to protect herself and seek justice for herself, and Helena was so upset that she acted as if she had done something unforgivable to Laura.
She doesn’t want Helena to take her side and feel sorry for her, she wants her to look at things objectively instead of blaming her and taking sides with Laura, but now it seems that even that hope is a luxury.
In Helena’s mind, everything Laura did was justifiable and forgivable, and she even did not doubt that if Laura did get her killed this time, Helena’s choice would be to cover it up for her. After all, an adopted daughter was nothing compared to her own.
Here Helena continued to rebut Andre’s words, “I know you all don’t like Laura, but you can’t denigrate her like this. You keep saying that Laura was the one who wanted to harm Clara, but nothing happened to Clara at all. Instead, it was Laura…”
Helena said with red eyes, “Instead, Laura is in the operating room right now, and if anything happens to her, I won’t let you guys off the hook!”
Hearing this, Clara couldn’t help but feel bitter; what does it mean that she wouldn’t let her go? If Laura were in danger, she would make her life miserable?
As a famous barrister, Andre didn’t know what to say when he heard this; Helena was now completely caught up in her subjective imagination and couldn’t listen to anyone’s words. Although it is said that the world pities parents, this is too much.
Clara didn’t know how she felt when she heard Helena crying and praying with folded hands for Laura’s safety.
Just then, she felt a warmth wrap around her hand and looked sideways to see that it was Horace who had grabbed her.
With a slight pressure in her hand, Horace looked at Clara with worry, “It’s okay, you still have me.”
Looking at the seriousness in Horace’s eyes, Clara felt her cold heart finally feel a surge of warmth. The corners of her mouth curled into a slight smile as she signalled that she was okay. She was no longer sad now. She just felt something in her heart that she couldn’t say.
After about two hours, the lights in the operating room finally went out. As soon as the doctor came out, Helena pounced on him with a look of anxiety and fear, ” Doctor, how is it, is my daughter all right?”
“Yes, the operation was successful. She’ll be fine after a few days of rest. A nurse will come to talk to you later about the details.” The doctor was exhausted after the operation, so he turned around and left after saying this.
Hearing that Laura was fine, the tension on Helena’s face finally eased a little, and the heaviness she had been carrying in her heart was relieved.
Perhaps because her nerves had been too tense and her body could not cope with such a sudden relaxation, Helena fainted.
Clara hurriedly called for some nurses, rushed Helena to the next room to rest, and asked Horace to help arrange for Laura.
After watching the nurse drip a bottle of glucose into Helena’s body, Clara left the ward with relief. If it had been the old days, she would have been in there to keep an eye on Helena as she woke up, but now…
A bitter smile rose at the corners of her mouth, and Clara couldn’t help but laugh at herself, she really didn’t know how to face Helena now, and she probably wouldn’t want to see her when she woke up.
Just outside the ward, Clara saw Isaac in the corridor, in a hurry, pulling the nurse along and asking questions.
Is he here to see Horace? With that in mind, Clara called out to him, “Isaac, this way.”
Looking at the sound, Isaac seemed to have been surprised to see Clara here, and after a moment’s pause, he hurried over in her direction.
“Mrs. Kirkland, is Mr. Kirkland here too? He just called me and asked me to come to the hospital without saying what it was about; he’s not hurt, is he?”
At Isaac’s words, Clara smiled and replied, “He’s fine. It’s Laura that got hurt.”
“Laura?” frowned Isaac, “What has happened?”
Hesitating for a moment, Clara wondered if she should tell Isaac about it. Still, thinking that he was the person Horace trusted most, she told him the truth about the kidnapping that year, repeating the words that Laura had admitted to from her own lips.
“I can’t believe it was her!” After hearing this, Isaac was shocked.
Of course, he knew better than anyone how malicious Laura was. It was just that he couldn’t imagined that she had such malice at such a young age. It was terrifying to think about it.
Watching Clara look at him with trust, Isaac’s heart was torn, wondering if he should tell her the truth about what had happened five years ago or not.
A person as evil as Laura should have been punished long ago; should he have to spend his life hiding all the evil he had done for her?
Looking at Clara with guilt, Isaac couldn’t help but apologize, “Mrs. Kirkland, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that to you five years ago, I… I… ”
The words were on his lips, but Isaac still lacked a little courage to confess what happened back then, and Clara’s eyes couldn’t help but darken when she heard his words.
She could never forget the scene five years ago when Isaac took someone to force her to have an abortion, and every time she remembered that desperate feeling, she could not convince herself to forgive Horace. How could she forgive him for having been so cruel to her?
This was a hurdle in front of them, and even though Horace was now treating her with the same care and attention as before, she couldn’t bring herself to move past it without a hitch.
After taking a deep breath, Clara smiled reluctantly, “It’s not your fault; you were only following orders back then.
With that, Clara turned and left, her eyes vaguely moist. She wanted to give Neo a complete home, but she didn’t know how to let go of the past.
As he watched Clara’s back, Isaac could feel the sadness radiating from her body, and at the same time, he was cursing himself in his heart.
Mrs. Kirkland was so generous and had never blamed him for what had happened, yet he was so afraid to tell the truth that Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland could not be happy together even though they were in love.
As he watched Clara leave, Isaac clenched his fist in guilt and decided that he would tell the truth this time!