Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1394

Debbie gave him a satisfied smile and instructed him on exactly where to find the Family Registry. Once he retrieved it, he was to help her apply for a replacement ID. Any paperwork requiring her signature would have to be sneaked into the hospital. Since she couldn't leave the hospital and Lucas was also a patient there, they were able to meet and discuss their plans during the gaps in the evening.

Lucas memorized every detail. Time was short, and he couldn't risk the bodyguards returning and catching them. Once everything was settled, he slipped out of the room.

Alone in bed, Debbie chuckled softly to herself. Bella had beaten her, severed her fingers, and mutilated her hand. Turning the tables on her now was nothing short of poetic justice. She couldn't wait to see the look on Bella's face when she realized she had been played. It was going to be priceless.

She laughed a little too hard, and a sharp jolt of pain flared in her ribs, bringing tears to her eyes. That bitch. If it wasn't for Bella's insane plot, she wouldn't be lying here like a helpless invalid, forced to rely on a male escort to get her own money. If she were mobile, she would handle the ID and the bank herself, keeping the entire $1.2 billion instead of giving up the $400 million Lucas-Debbie bribe.

A billion dollars. With that kind of money, she could live out her days in absolute luxury, never having to answer to anyone again.

Her thoughts drifted to Lucas's mention of her fake cancer diagnosis. Sebastian was clearly making his move. She had always known this day would come. In a best-case scenario, they would have maintained a cold peace, letting her live out her twilight years comfortably. But things were complicated now. Sebastian probably wanted her dead, but societal norms kept him from simply putting a bullet in her head.

Using a fake medical diagnosis was a brilliant workaround. He owned the hospital; he could claim she had any disease he wanted.

"My dear son," Debbie sneered to the empty room. "How clever of you. But even if I did have cancer, I wouldn't need treatment. Someone as worthless as me would just take whatever money you offered for medical bills and spend it. But now, you want my life. I can't stay in this hospital for long."

With her mobility compromised, everything hinged on Lucas. If he could get her out of there and secure the funds, she would run and never look back. She thought of her old days of freedom, sighing heavily. Ever since Sebastian's wedding, she had been virtually under house arrest, constantly abused by Bella. It was a suffocating existence. Given the chance, she would break those chains and live on her own terms.