Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1509

Without any remaining use to the family, Bella was dead weight to Martin. Sabrina wisely chose not to relay the phone call to her daughter.

Instead, Sabrina spent the entire day lurking in the hallway, intensely observing the adjacent hospital room. After pacing back and forth, she returned to Bella's bedside. "What's the deal with the bodyguards next door? They don't say a word. Did Sebastian have their vocal cords removed before assigning them here?"

"They're his loyal dogs," Bella sneered dismissively. "They only interact with the medical staff. If you try to barge in, they'll throw you to the floor. That room isn't a hospital ward; it's a prison cell. Unless Debbie leaves in a body bag, she's never getting out."

Sabrina tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Never getting out? If we managed to break her out, what kind of price do you think she'd pay us?"

Bella gave a dry, humorless laugh. "Stop dreaming, Mom. She doesn't have a dime. Even if she offered to chop off her other hand, Sebastian wouldn't pay a cent for it. The hatred between those two is bottomless."

Sabrina sighed, a bit disappointed. If the old woman had secret funds, it would have been a highly lucrative extortion opportunity.

Across town at the Blake Group headquarters, Lester Ross handed a thick folder across the executive desk. "Mr. Blake, here are all the medical evaluations Bella has undergone over the past few days. It appears... she is genuinely ill. She has even scheduled a surgery."

Sebastian, who had been focused on his monitor, paused and took the file. "Ill? A psychological breakdown?"

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