The Heiress Revived from the Ashes (Lauren Bennett) novel Chapter 101

The Heiress Revived from the Ashes.

Chapter 101 Unveiling Shadows: The Missing Pieces.

His voice was thick with exhaustion.

Jeffrey froze, Lauren was missing?

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Images of that frail woman he’d seen being carried away, someone who looked so much like Lauren, flashed through his mind.

Could that woman have been Lauren?

He was just about to mention it to Elliot, but the words caught in his throat.

Though he’d been busy with academic discussions lately, he hadn’t been completely out of the loop regarding the Bennett family’s affairs.

In the short two months since Lauren had been released from prison, she had already been hospitalized multiple times. Each time, her injuries were severe enough to spark whispers among the hospital staff.

What kind of “troublemaker” ends up in the hospital every other week, covered in injuries?

It was hard not to wonder, was Lauren really the bully the Bennett family claimed she was?

If she was constantly picking on Willow, then why was it Lauren who always ended up battered and hospitalized, never Willow?

Last time, she’d been covered in whip marks, her pinky finger broken; this time, her head had been smashed open, leaving a bloody gash that nearly cost her life due to infection.

Jeffrey recalled the night Lauren tried to flee to Garrison City by train, sneaking out to South City in the dead of night.

It was clear, she wanted nothing more than to escape the Bennett family, to get as far away as possible.

Yet he and Elliot had dragged her back, convinced she was being dramatic.

Back then, he’d been firmly on Willow’s side, treating Lauren with nothing but hostility.

Only later did he realize, Lauren wasn’t being stubborn. She was just completely, utterly heartbroken by her family.

She must’ve been truly heartbroken by the Bennett family this time too, which was probably why she left when no one was looking.

Lost in thought, Jeffrey didn’t even hear Elliot speaking to him.

Jeffrey?”

Snapping out of it, Jeffrey blinked. “What?”

“Where do you think Laurie could’ve gone?” Elliot’s brows were tightly furrowed. “Do you think she might’ve run off to another city like last time?”

“Maybe,” Jeffrey said vaguely.

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out there?” Elliot’s voice was laced with anxiety. “Why she so stubborn? Whatever the problem is, couldn’t she just talk it out with the family? Why does she always have to make things so difficult.”

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Hearing Elliot ramble on, and recalling how he’d just mentioned that Elaine had woken up yesterday, only to nearly be strangled again, Jeffrey couldn’t help but wish he’d just shut up.

Elaine had already admitted that Lauren wasn’t the one who tried to hurt her back then. Her waking up could only benefit Lauren, not harm her. Lauren would have to be insan to try and strangle her.

The truth was obvious.

As much as Jeffrey didn’t want to admit it, facts were facts,

If he could see it, he refused to believe Elliot couldn’t. The on explanation was that Elliot knew the truth but didn’t want to face it, clearly choosing to protect Willow instead. No wonder Lauren was at her breaking point.

If he were Lauren, wrongly accused of attempted murder by his own brother and locked away for five years because of it, he’d probably feel like killing someone too.

It’s no surprise Lauren wanted to run away. The way the Bennett family treated her versus Willow was painfully unfair.

Thinking about how he’d been so biased against Lauren all these years, always greeting her with harsh words and cold stares, Jeffr

felt a surge of frustration.

He, Jeffrey, a man known for being fair and clear–headed had been played like a pawn, blindly following orders like some fool.

Out of the corner of his eye, through the glass window of the hospital room door, he saw David comforting a tearful Willow with a face full of concern. Jeffrey’s expression darkened instantly.

What a mess. His own daughter had been falsely accused, yet David chose to shower sympathy and protection on his adopted one instead.

“I’ve got work to do,” Jeffrey said flatly. “I’ll catch you later.”

Without another word, he turned and walked away.

Jeffrey didn’t head back to his office. Instead, he turned and walked toward the surveillance room.

Elaine was staying in a VIP ward, and for the sake of monitoring her condition, her room was–equipped with a surveillance.

However, when Jeffrey arrived at the surveillance room and attempted to pull up the footage, the screen displayed the words: “Video file deleted.”

His expression turned cold in an instant.

After a brief moment of thought, he decided to check the surveillance footage of Willow and Lauren entering Elaine’s ward.

The footage from the hallway outside the ward had also been deleted.

Jeffrey’s expression darkened even more, and a growing sense of unease crept over him.

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