Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 916

"What do you want?"

Lillian was so frightened that she retreated in a hurry. But her hasty movement slammed herself on the wall and she howled in pain.

Nicole felt so sorry, saying, "I just wanted to see you clearly. There's no signal here, but the torch of my cell phone still can work. "

Hearing that, Lillian whispered, "Please, don't. I'm afraid I would scare you."

"Don't worry about that. You said you were Petty's mother. I have to confirm it, right? Otherwise, how could I tell you how Petty is going?"

Lillian said nothing when hearing Nicole's words.

Nicole took out her phone quickly and turned on the torch of it. However, she almost let out a scream when seeing Lillian clearly.

Lillian no longer looked like a normal person.

She had gone way too skinny because of malnutrition. Most importantly, her face was dented.

"How come your face..."

"Elvis said that I looked too seductive, so he spoiled my appearance for the sake of everyone."

Lillian was saying it with a faint smile, but her smile seemed scary to Nicole.

Lillian's face was ruined by sulfuric acid. Except for the facial features like her nose, eyes and mouth, almost each inch of her face looked terrible.

Nicole felt so sorry for her.

"I heard from Petty that she would make a video call to you every once in a while. She hasn't known what happened to your face, has she?"

"It's been a long time since I got a video call from Betty. And we haven't been in touch for long. Elvis is irritable and he has lost his temper frequently these days. What he could do was vent his anger on me and forbid me to meet Petty. I used to think Petty might have been killed by him. No one would actually hurt their own children, but he would. He doesn’t like Petty, who was given birth by me. He abandoned Betty two days after her birth. Later, I finally got to know where she was, and I thought he would bring her back as how he took Una and me away from the orphanage like a prince long before, but I was wrong. He was as vicious as a demon, not to mention a prince. Maybe he would only be nice to Una."

Lillian's tears were welling up while she was saying.

"I do miss Petty, my dear kid. I had a difficult birth. It took me four days and nights to bring her to this world. And she was so weak that I thought she might not be able to survive. When she was crying for food, I couldn't breastfeed her. I begged Elvis to feed her, but he took her away from me. I thought he would treat her own daughter well, though he had never had feelings for me. But I was totally wrong. He asked someone to send Petty to an orphanage that very night. My poor kid, she was sent to the orphanage starving. And I had never breastfed her. Now she is in her twenties, but I can only see her through a video call. She went blind for some reason last time I saw her, but I didn't dare to ask her about it. I was afraid that she would blame me."

Lillian wept bitter tears as she continued.

Nicole was also a mother, so she naturally knew how a mother felt about her kid.

She patted Lillian's shoulder and comforted her in a low voice, "Petty's optic nerves didn't get hurt, so she can get her sight back. In fact, my husband, Samuel, has asked someone to cure Petty, and now she looks as pretty as she used to be."

"Samuel is your husband? Is he the test-tube baby of Elvis and Zama?"

"Exactly."

Nicole didn't like others talking about her husband like that, but it was the truth she couldn't hide.

Lillian sighed, "Elvis would love to do anything for Una, even the evil. I should be blamed for what Betty went through. I was obsessed with Elvis. I thought having a kid with him would please him, but I still crossed the line he drew. He didn't want any other woman except Una in his lifetime while Una just could be with him. His loyal and pure affections for her were rare in this world, and he would even betray the whole world for her sake, while he was cruel stiff to the others. I’ve been confused why he fell in love with Una all of a sudden. Is it because she is prettier than me?"

"Romance always happens for no reason. Una’s good-looking face can explain something, but it can’t explain all. Maybe it’s just because we don’t understand the chemistry between them. Ms. Lillian, don’t think about it anymore. If you could have let go of your obsession with Elvis in this life and fallen for someone else, perhaps you and Petty's life would have been different, right?" But you just couldn’t rationally control your feelings for Elvis, could you?”

Lillian was silent when hearing Nicole's words.

Lillian thought to herself that Nicole was right. If she hadn’t been so obsessed with Elvis and used some tricks to get him, would their life have been different?

Lillian stayed silent while Nicole also didn’t say anything.

She was leaning against the wall, thinking about Una and Elvis. And then she said abruptly, "Lillian, do you know about Una's physical condition? I think that she is not with a genetic defect but has been suffering from poisoning."

"Your blood type is the same as that of Una? Is it a rare one?"

"As rare as a panda."

Lillian said with a wry smile, "I finally understand why he took me away from the orphanage with her. He just wanted to find a walking blood bank for Una. How pathetic and miserable I am!"

Nicole did want to comfort Lillian, but she didn't know how. That was where she couldn't get involved.

She quickly changed the topic after a sigh.

"Ms. Lillian, could I ask you something?"

"What is it? I’ll tell you whatever I know. I only hope that you can take good care of Petty for me after you leave this place. Petty is a pitiful child. She was used by Elvis because of me. Tell her not to worry about me anymore, because I’ve been dead. She doesn’t need to be used by Elvis anymore when she knows I’m dead. Then she would be able to live her own life instead of always being affected by what was between Elvis and me.”

Lillian couldn't help but shed tears when mentioning Petty.

Nicole could do nothing but nod in agreement.

"I will do as you said. Don't worry about Petty, since I will take good care of her. And I will also try my best to get you out of here. Ms. Lillian, the rest of your life is long, and it’s of endless possibilities."

"I used to think about leaving here, but not anymore now. Since my face has been ruined already. People would be scared of me when seeing my face. So I don’t want to leave here that much. My sacrifice would mean something as long as Petty could live a good life.”

Lillian was a good mother, but Nicole thought living a life like that would be way too miserable.

Nicole was so sad that she even felt hard to breathe.

Taking a deep breath, she knew that it wasn’t the proper time to show her compassion.

Casting a glance at Lillian, Nicole whispered, "Ms. Lillian, I am Nicole, Xander's daughter. I want to know whether my father's corpse was placed on this island by Elvis." Why did he do that? My father has been dead for more than 20 years, but Elvis still keeps his corpse. And as a daughter, I don’t want to see my father’s dead body be used as his research sample. I want to take him home. If you know anything about it, could you please tell me the truth?”