Chapter 497 Let's Torture Lola Together

"Ethan!"

Penelope was in so much pain that she could hardly breathe. Seeing Ethan being hurt by Lola in the video was already heart-wrenching. Witnessing her Ethan being brutally hurt in reality, the impact, the pain, was even more unbearable.

She rushed over, intending to snatch the long needle from Lola's hand, but Cornelia was faster. She dashed to the bedside like a gust of wind, grabbed the needle from her hand, and then, without any hesitation, slapped her across the face.

"Lola!"

The name, Cornelia, practically popped out from between her teeth. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking. At that moment, she truly wanted to kill Lola.

"Who allowed you to bully Ethan like this?! Lola, who gave you the right to bully Ethan like this!"

Lola was completely stunned by Cornelia, she had never dreamed that, with so many of her trusted aides stationed outside, and Zackary's explicit instructions not to let anyone in to see Ethan, they would somehow manage to appear in this room without anyone noticing.

Lola glanced at her empty palm, subconsciously reaching out to touch her aching left cheek.

She was racking her brains, thinking about how to defend herself and turn the tables, when she saw Chelsea, with red eyes, standing next to Penelope.

Seeing Chelsea, Lola was instantly like seeing a ghost. She couldn't dare to think that she, who had already been determined by Cornelia to become a living dead, could still stand up properly.

"Mom..."

In Lola's eyes, undisguised terror was filled. Chelsea had woken up, wouldn't everything she had done be impossible to conceal?!

"Lola!"

Chelsea stared coldly at Lola, her eyes filled with intense hatred and disappointment, "I won't forgive you for bullying Ethan and Penelope like this!"

Chelsea really wanted to rush up and give Lola a good beating, to seek justice for her precious Penelope and Ethan, but she was more worried about Ethan's condition at the moment. She staggered over and firmly grasped Ethan's little hand.

"Ethan..."

The first time she saw Ethan, Chelsea wanted to give him a smile, but her heart was in too much pain, she couldn't smile. Instead, her tears, uncontrollably, rolled down her cheeks again.

People always say that grandparents have a special bond with their grandchildren, and this saying couldn't be more true. Looking at Ethan's pale face, lifting his sleeve to see the numerous needle marks on his arm, Chelsea clutched her chest tightly, still struggling to catch her breath.

Watching the needle marks on Ethan's arm, Penelope's tears fell uncontrollably out of heartache. Cornelia's tears, too, were impossible to hold back.

Even Jayden and Dalton, the two tough men standing by the side, had red-rimmed eyes.

Ethan's arm was just the tip of the iceberg; the rest of his body wasn't much better off.

"Ethan, it's Grandma! Ethan, I'm sorry it took me so long to find you and Penelope. Grandma didn't protect you well."

Chelsea still wanted to say a few more words to Ethan, but, she couldn't utter the words that followed. All she could do was whimper softly, in unbearable pain.

Grandma...

Ethan lifted his eyelids, staring unblinkingly at Chelsea's face.

It was his first time seeing Chelsea in person, but he had known about her a long time ago.

The day they had just left the dungeon, they saw Chelsea's billboard in the subway.

Penelope pointed at the billboard and told him that Chelsea was the only idol she had ever had in her life.

At that time, he had remembered her. The person his mother liked, he would also like.

Moreover, he genuinely liked Chelsea. She had a kind face, and even though her smile was always faint, it gave people an indescribable sense of comfort.

Later, Penelope told him again that she was his grandmother.

He felt even happier in his heart.

His mother's idol had become his grandmother, how wonderful!

Grandma was as beautiful as mom.

Ethan wanted to call Chelsea "grandma", but he moved his lips and still couldn't make a sound.

He didn't want to see her constantly shedding tears, so he extended his thin, bony little hand and gently wiped the corner of her eye.

"Ethan!"

When Ethan wiped her tears away so understandingly, Chelsea cried even harder. Her Ethan and her Penelope were both so understanding, why did such good children have to suffer so much!

Lola's little face had turned so pale that not a trace of color could be found. She knew that Chelsea and Penelope must have already recognized each other as mother and daughter.

She had attacked Chelsea, nearly killing her. She truly had no face to call her 'mom' again.

But what could she do? The halo of being the Hilliard family's daughter was too important to her. Her acting career had plummeted, and without the protection of the Hilliard family, what was she, Lola, worth?

Moreover, she was also afraid that the truth of her hurting Chelsea would be exposed to Zackary. If even he saw through her true colors, she would truly have nothing left.

She was in a difficult situation, but she still wanted to make a comeback from a desperate situation!

"Mom!"

Lola's legs buckled, and she fell heavily to her knees, "Mom, you're finally awake! You woke up, that's really great!"

"Mom, I'm sorry, I was confused for a moment, I made a mistake. Mom, I not only hurt you, but also hurt Ethan. Please, for the sake of the four years I've called you mom, can you give me another chance?"

"Me, I really didn't mean to hurt you and Ethan! That day at the hospital, you heard those secrets, I was really scared, it was... it was my mom over there who made me do it, I was bewitched by her, that's why I hurt you!"

Chelsea turned her face, looking at Lola, who was kneeling on the ground, crying a river, with a complex gaze.

People, they all had emotions.

As Lola said, she had called her mom for four years.

She truly cared about Lola. When she found out that Lola was not her biological daughter, she even thought that even if Lola was not her and Dalton's biological daughter, she would never mistreat her in the future.

But she and Myra wanted to put her to death, she repeatedly hurt Penelope, and now, she was even cruelly hurting a child.

Even though she was sentimental and soft-hearted, she could not possibly keep an ingrate!

"Lola, stop calling me mom, Myra was your mother."

Lola stumbled violently, her crying becoming even more desolate, "Mom, you're still mad at me, aren't you?"

"Mom, I truly consider you as my real mother! I really didn't mean to hurt you and Ethan! Mom, please, don't abandon me, okay?"

"I know, you've found your biological daughter, but mom, I'm also a victim. I was kept in the dark, for these past four years, I truly believed you were my real mother! I care about you, respect you, please don't be so heartless towards me, okay?"

"Yes, Mom, I beg you to believe me, that day at the hospital, it was really Myra who forced me, I would hurt you, I was really helpless and had no choice, Mom, please give me one last chance, okay?"