Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1536

Bella woke up three hours after her surgery.

In those three hours, the interview and the smear campaign had completely saturated the internet.

The Psychiatric Evaluation Report confirming her depression had been leaked as well.

It was authentic and entirely real.

After all, ever since she chopped off Debbie Harris's finger, she had been drowning in crippling panic, anxiety, and insomnia. Combined with her previous stress, her depression diagnosis was genuinely well-earned.

As the anesthesia wore off, Bella woke up to blinding agony.

But the sheer intensity of the pain sharpened her mind.

Sabrina looked at her, her heart breaking. "My sweet girl, I'll go get the doctor for some painkillers."

Bella weakly shook her head. "My phone... Mom... my phone..."

Sabrina knew exactly what she wanted to see and quickly pulled up the latest trending news to show her.

Bella couldn't lift her arm on the surgical side—even the slightest twitch pulled at the wound, sending fresh waves of agony through her body.

Enduring the pain, she used her other hand to scroll through the screen.

Seeing that everything had played out exactly as she orchestrated—and that the momentum was even better than she had imagined—Bella finally let out a breath of relief.

Good. Good...

Everything was falling into place.

By tomorrow, a massive wave of organic traffic would flood in, condemning Sebastian for his cold-blooded cruelty.

Bella wanted this to blow up into a colossal scandal. The bigger the outrage, the better her chances in court in two weeks.

Satisfied, Bella let her hand drop.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify