Chapter 116: Chapter 116



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Once arrived at the hospital, Samuel was sent to the examination room.

Because Dolores’ mood was so unstable, the doctor did not let her in.

She leaned against the wall in the hallway; without the support of the wall she would not have been able to stand.

Matthew sat in the chair next to her, neither coaxing nor comforting her.

After seeing the blood on Samuel’s face, she was already on the verge of collapse and now even a small matter could make her collapse completely.

Suddenly the door to the examination room opened and the doctor came out. He took off his mask and asked, “Who is the family member?”

“Me.”

Dolores rushed over and anxiously asked, “Is he all right?”.

“Superficial wound, he hit his head somewhere which caused the bleeding. I have cleaned the wound and you need to ice your face for a while to calm the swelling. I will prescribe the medicine; you can take it from the second floor. You can take it home.”

“Thank you. Thank you.” Dolores thanked him repeatedly and ran to the examination room. Samuel was lying on the bed and the blood on his face was already clean. His face was still swollen, with five fingers clearly imprinted on it and a bandage on his forehead. He was awake.

Seeing Dolores, he called out, “Mom!”

“Samuel!” Dolores rushed to hold his hand. Fortunately, he was fine.

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s․çоm, where stories thrive She reached out with teary eyes and gently held his face, stroking his cheek with her thumb, distressed, “Thank God! You’re fine.”

“Nothing’s going to happen to me.” Samuel reached up to wipe away the tears falling from Dolores’ eyes, “Mami, don’t cry, I’m completely fine.”

Dolores lowered her head and buried her face in his embrace, her shoulders shaking slightly.

She let out a choked moan.

Matthew stood in the doorway of the examination room, watching them.

He had never seen Dolores cry like this, sobbing and swallowing her tears.

She could only swallow her tears, not daring to cry aloud for fear of affecting Samuel.

Her heartstrings seemed to have been touched all of a sudden.

Her eyes seemed deep as she looked into them Samuel made the “OK” gesture with his fingers to Matthew at the door.

He smiled.

Matthew smiled too and responded with the same gesture.

Then he walked in, “We can go back now.”

Dolores lowered her head, wiped her face and then lifted Samuel up, “Come on, Mommy will take you home.”

Samuel hugged her by the neck, feeling her warmth.

When they reached the second floor, Matthew went to get the medicine. Suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang. It was a message from Boyce.

He clicked to see the message: [there was a link to a news article].

He clicked to open it.

It contained a large striking picture of the scene of Samuel’s rescue in that town. The caption read: B-town jewelry tycoon, Herbert brothers kidnap five-year-old boy to use as blackmail.

With the speed of the Internet, as long as there was a little hype and someone posted it on the Internet, it was bound to spread soon, especially if it involved rich and powerful people intimidating ordinary people.

This kind of news was going to easily attract attention, especially since the victim was a five-year-old boy.

The blood on Samuel’s face in the photo aroused the sympathy of many people.

Including those disposed by Abbott, the comments were all one-sided.

[The Herbert Family bullied a child, Did the dogs eat their conscience?]

[In this society, being rich and powerful means you can rely on your money and bully even a child? Why didn’t he die? People like him should be run over with cars as soon as they get out].

[They should be punished severely, they should not be treated lightly just because they are rich. Two adults bullying a child? They should be shot] The comments are intense.

Some people deliberately criticized them, ignoring why the Herbert Family would go after a child, focusing only on the fact that they bullied a child.

Children are weak and people’s hearts are naturally inclined toward them.

The corners of his lips curved slightly. The Herbert Family must have already seen it, right? he thought.

In the Herbert Family…

Crash!

Except for the sounds of things crashing in the living room, no other voices could be heard.

The entire living room was silent.

Landon had smashed everything in the living room.

The floor was a mess.

Sampson and Maria stood trembling in the doorway.

They had never seen Landon so angry.

He was shaking with rage as he pointed his fingers at the Herbert brothers standing by the door, “You, you’re both very capable, but you’re only capable of causing trouble!”

Off to the side, Warner was holding Camilla back, not letting her move forward. Landon was very angry; it was obvious that whoever stepped forward was going to be cannon fodder.

He was also disappointed in his younger siblings.

Sharing responsibility as a family only brought trouble.

This time, the reputation of the Herbert Family had been ruined.

It would have been stranger if Landon hadn’t been angry.

“You two! Get out of here! The Herbert Family won’t have people like you who accomplish nothing and ruin everything!” Landon’s chest was rising and falling hard.

“We’re good for the family too…”

Landon grabbed the phone from the table and threw it at Maria, who was talking.

“Shut up!”

“Good for the family?” Landon was shaking with rage, “First, you got engaged to the Nelson Family, but because you weren’t capable, he broke off the engagement. Now because of you, the Herbert Family is being cursed by everyone and you still have the guts to say you’re good for the family?”

Mary had not avoided him in time and the head of the phone hit him on his right arm. She held it painfully, “We really were doing it for the good of the family.”

“Okay, okay, okay. You say. Tell me how it was for the good of the family.” Landon sat down in a chair.

He was tired after the anger.

“We kidnapped the boy because his mother was the woman Sampson liked. If we had threatened the mother into marrying Sampson after kidnapping the child, then I would have been able to marry Matthew as originally planned. Wouldn’t this have been good for the Herbert Family?”

“Is that all?” said Landon. His face reddened and his voice became chilling with ridicule, “What do you take Matthew Nelson for, because his present wife marries someone else, she’ll marry you again?”

I wanted so badly to crack her head open and see what was in her mind.

“Are you drunk? Even if all the women in this world die, he won’t marry you. Didn’t you see his decision the day he broke off the engagement? He plunged a knife into your heart so easily. If he liked you, even a little, he wouldn’t have been so determined.”

“No, no…” Mary refused to admit, “As long as that woman marries someone else, Matthew will definitely be willing to commit to me.”

“Wake up! Stop dreaming and exploiting people! Can’t you see you’ve provoked their ire?” Warner had been in the business world long enough to be somewhat familiar with Matthew.

It’s not easy to push him.

And attacking one of his own?

That was like looking to get yourself killed!

“Are you saying this news leaked because of him?” Sampson, who hadn’t spoken up until now, seemed to understand what his brother meant.

Back in town, Boyce had been very kind to them and had let them go back.

It turned out to be a ruse.

Warner snorted coldly, “How else do you think public opinion was overwhelming in just two three hours? Besides, if no one was working on getting this out in secret, would things have been revealed to this extent?”

He pointed to the news headline, “Look, every word every sentence is directed at the Herbert Family.”

Landon’s anger had cooled a bit at this point. He already knew that this had been done on purpose by someone; otherwise, the news would not have spread so quickly.

Now, he had to pay a visit to the Nelson Family.

Seeing the pair of his stupid, carefree children, he became angry, “Why am I angry with you two? The two of you don’t have a tenth of Warner’s common sense. You make trouble for me to clean up after you every day.”

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