Chapter 163

"Atlas, we were wrong. The Hammond family was blind to the truth! I was once a close friend of your mother, Lucy. I should not have treated her that way. "It was my greed. Your mother's healing methods were miraculous beyond belief. "Within her skills lay immense commercial potential. If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't have believed the legends about traditional Chinese medicine." Atlas smiled faintly. "Begging for mercy is useless. If any of you had visited her grave even once before, things might have been different. But neither you nor your daughter ever came." Seeing Atlas' stern expression, Ben knew they were doomed. "I'll give you ten minutes to pay respect to my mother," Atlas said as he checked his watch. With that, Ian untied Ben. Ben didn't run; he didn't dare to. He knelt in front of Lucy's grave. "Lucy, I'm here to see you. I'm sorry I haven't visited all these years. I was too afraid. You once told me not to flaunt those medical techniques as the forces in Zel