Chapter 4 I Don't Need Your Help

Renee's face turned pale in an instant. She looked at the phone call record in shock and quickly responded, "What happened? How is my father?" "Our family went bankrupt! The company's shares plummeted, and the Grant family took advantage of it. Just now, Nevin called to mock you, saying you are morally corrupt and shameless. He sent a bunch of photos to your father, and after reading them, your father had a heart attack in anger. He is now in the ICU!" Her mother, Gemma Carson's words exploded like a bomb. Renee's fingers trembled. She stuffed Candy into Zarek's arms, told him to take care of her, and then got on Uber. Zarek didn't know what had happened to her, so he first asked his assistant to take Candy to the pet hospital and then drove after her. Along the way, Renee's lips were all white. Hatred surged in her heart. Nevin, that damn lunatic, how could he send those fake photos to her father?! Renee tried her best to calm down and kept praying in her heart that her father would be fine. When she arrived at the hospital, she still heard the bad news. Her father, Conrad Johnston, passed away due to a sudden heart attack. Renee couldn't accept the truth. She looked at her father's body lying in the hospital bed, trembling uncontrollably. She didn't expect that her father, who was still smiling at her yesterday, would lie there so quietly today. SMACK- A crisp slap directly woke Renee up. She looked up to see Gemma with tearful eyes full of hatred and desperation. "You ungrateful thing! How could you do those things?!" Gemma cried out of breath, tears constantly swirling in her eyes. Her words pierced Renee's heart like a sharp blade. "Back then, I disagreed with marrying Nevin! You didn't listen to me! Now, the Grant family has destroyed our family! Are you happy now?!" "My goodness! How could my life be so hard?" Gemma was in great anger. She lay on Conrad's body, crying and screaming. Renee quickly approached her, trying to hug and comfort her, but suddenly, Gemma fiercely pushed her away, and she bumped into a sharp corner. "Get out! You despicable vampire, get out! Just pretend I haven't given birth to you! I don't have a daughter!" Renee only felt a sharp pain in her head, and her eyes turned vague. Something seemed to be flowing out from the top of her head. She instinctively touched it, and her palm turned bright red. She couldn't tell whether the liquid flowing on her face was blood or tears, and her ears were still filled with Gemma's incessant scolding. Hatred filled her mind. She wanted to kill Nevin and Irina, those two bitches now, but when she got up, a heavy object hit her head. Soon, she fainted. Before closing her eyes, she still heard Gemma's hysterical roar. "Renee, you deserve to die for your sins!" When she woke up again, Renee looked at the snow-white ceiling and looked around before realizing that she was in a ward. The wound on her head was extremely swollen and painful, but the pain was not as sharp as one-thousandth of the pain in her heart. A neatly dressed man pushed the door open and walked in, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. After seeing Renee wake up, he introduced himself, "Miss Johnston, hello. I am Mr. Conrad's lawyer, Darnell Nelson." He finished introducing himself, took two pieces of paper from his briefcase, and gave her a pen, saying, "Before the shares plummeted, Grant Group had already taken away the assets under your family. These are mortgage certificates, details of the property, and transfer agreements. Please take a look." Renee looked at the expressionless Darnell and felt her heart was extremely cold. When she took over the agreements, hatred instantly swept over her. The signature on the transfer agreements was Irina. "Did Irina unite with the Grant family to bankrupt our company?" She quickly figured out the relationship between them. Gemma was Conrad's second wife. Back then, Conrad's first wife died in a car accident, and Irina was left. Gemma's parents refused to let Gemma marry Conrad. But Conrad had achieved great success within a few years. Besides, he had no affairs and showed great love for Gemma, which made Gemma's parents agree. Gemma had a weak personality, and the only time she mustered courage was when she married Conrad. Irina was four years older than Renee. Since Renee could remember things, Irina had always oppressed her. When she was a child, Irina loved to rob her dolls. When she was in school, Irina snatched her textbooks. When Irina made mistakes, Renee always bore the consequences for her. Over these years, Renee had always been made the scapegoat for Irina. Every time Renee was bullied, she cried and sought help from Gemma, but Gemma always asked her to give in to Irina. Conrad loved Irina even more because Irina had lost her mother when she was young. He had been repeatedly warning Renee not to bully Irina. So, even if they were Renee's parents, Renee was still subject to Irina all the time. Irina was spoiled so much that she became a domineering girl. What surprised Renee was that Irina had teamed up with a scumbag to steal her own family's property and even kill her biological father! Seeing Renee's pale face, Darnell felt somewhat sad but still handed her the papers and asked her to sign them. "Miss Johnston, if you have nothing else, I'll go first." After Darnell left, Renee stared at the ceiling and thought for a long time. She really wanted to call Irina and ask her how she could bear to hurt her father. However, her headache was so sharp, and even breathing was painful. In the end, she fell asleep in a daze. Renee had a nightmare. She dreamt that someone kept calling her name. Until her eyes gradually got clear before she saw the familiar man standing in front of her. Zarek saw her open her eyes, took a long breath, and brought a cup of warm water to her. "You have been sleeping for a whole day." He spoke up. At that moment, Renee realized it was already late at night. Her body was weak, and she felt a splitting headache with a slight movement. She drank some water to relieve the emptiness in her stomach. "Why are you here?" she asked. Hearing this, Zarek raised his eyebrows and replied, "I think you will ask me about that lame cat first and then question why I am here." Renee quickly asked, "What about Candy?" "I have already sent it to a pet hospital. She's okay. But let me ask you, what happened exactly to you?" Renee's nose suddenly soured, and her breathing gradually got blocked. Tears were about to burst in the next second, and she struggled to speak, "Sorry, Mr. Macleod. This is my family issue. I don't want to say more. Thank you for treating Candy. If you have nothing else, please leave."