Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom novel Chapter 487

He turned to Adah and sneered, “See? I told you she was ungrateful. You care so much about her, but does she ever spare you a thought? She couldn’t care less about you.”

He shook his head in disgust. “I just don’t get it. Why are you so obsessed with her, Mom? She never spent a single day growing up by your side, and just because you share some blood, you put everything on the line for her? Is blood really that important?”

“What does she have that Vanessa doesn’t?”

“Shut your mouth!” Adah snapped, her voice harsh with anger.

But Ethan wasn’t done. “What did I say that’s wrong? That’s exactly the kind of person she is. Am I not even allowed to speak the truth?”

Adah glared, wishing she could silence him for good.

Whether in her past life or this one, Ethan’s words had always been cruel. Back then, he was the one who humiliated Claire the most.

But today was different. Claire didn’t even flinch.

She looked at Adah and said calmly, “I need to discuss something with you.”

Adah, caught off guard by this rare request, lit up at once. “Of course. Let’s go to my study.”

With that, the two of them headed upstairs, one after the other.

Ethan, thoroughly ignored, exploded with rage. He shouted after Claire, “Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to set foot in my house? Get out—right now!”

Claire didn’t even pause.

Her indifference, her outright refusal to acknowledge him, sent Ethan into a frenzy.

“I’m talking to you! Are you deaf or something?”

The word “deaf” made Claire’s steps falter for a split second.

Of all insults, that was the one she hated the most. In her previous life, she had truly gone deaf—beaten until the world was plunged into a silence so absolute, it was suffocating. She knew that agony all too well.

After living through that, she’d sworn she’d never let herself become that helpless again.

With a cool composure, Claire remarked, “Ms. Jones, your parenting skills are as disastrous as ever.”

Adah flushed with shame.

“Alright. I’ll trust you—just this once. If you can do this for me, then I’ll let go of everything that happened before.”

“Really?” Adah’s voice trembled, hope breaking through.

“Yes. But this is your only chance.”

“I promise.”

Claire sat down, composed and deliberate. “I imagine Vanessa’s kidneys are starting to fail by now, aren’t they?”

Adah froze, caught off guard by the question.

She nodded slightly, not mentioning that Vanessa’s condition had worsened even earlier than in the past.

But this time, things were very different.