Chapter 216
Ethan had agreed, thinking it was the perfect excuse to bring his little sister home. Lately, the guilt over how he had treated Mira had been eating him alive.
Hence the phone call.
“Honestly, since you left, Mom talks about you all the time p>
Ethan had the phone on speaker. The entire Mercer family could hear every word.
“Oh, I believe that. Except she’s probably cursing my name and wishing I was dead. You know, maliciously cursing people drains your own karma. Her failing health is just the universe paying her back p>
It was utterly absurd. Lacey was starving herself because she missed Mara. Dragging Mira into it was a joke.
“That ungrateful wretch! Hang up on her!” Adrian Mercer snapped, losing his temper.
Ethan frowned. “How could you say that about our mother p>
“Why wouldn’t I? When Mara framed me and you all locked me in that dark room, she didn’t give a damn about my health. She was too busy coddling her precious darling. When the truth came out, she never once visited me in the hospital. I was brutally punished, but not a single one of you reprimanded Mara for trying to ruin me. Let’s be perfectly clear: the second Mara moved back in, you stopped being my family. The Mercer house is not my home. When your father threw me out, he explicitly said he wouldn’t care if I died in the gutter. I believe you were standing right there when he said it. So whether the Mercers live or die is absolutely none of my concern. Do me a favor and lose my number p>
“Dad was just speaking out of anger p>
“Anger? You all turned a blind eye to Mara’s viciousness, but the moment I fought back, I was treated like a monster. You kicked me out to teach me a lesson, hoping I’d hit rock bottom and come crawling back to beg for your mercy. Well, prepare to be disappointed. Without your toxic family, I’m thriving. In fact, right now, Mason and Rachel made an absolute feast. There’s p>
Mira popped a piece of the glazed fish into her mouth. “Mmm, the sweet and sour sea bass is absolutely divine p>
Let them choke on that. She hung up and went back to her meal.
On the other end, the phone call did absolutely nothing to soothe the Mercer family.
If anything, it poured gasoline on the fire.
“Never contact her again,” Adrian barked.
Lacey clutched her chest. “When is my Mara coming home p>
“I’ve told you a hundred times, it’s short sentence. Why can’t you just let it go? Adrian rubbed his temples: in sheer aggravation.
He was exhausted.
Was the woman made of tears? Crying and wailing every single day, threatening to
drop dead from grief. It made the house unbearable.
Even Fiona Quinn wasn’t this overly dramatic.
Truth be told, Adrian heavily favored Mara as well. But it was only a little over a month! It would pass in the blink of an eye. Everyone faced a little hardship in life. Did they really need wage war against the justice system and compromise the company’s reputation over a minor detention?
“If you refuse to eat, fine. Help your mother to bed p>
“But she hasn’t eaten since yesterday,” Ethan protested, desperately wanting to find
a solution.
“The food is getting cold. We’ve all
been working all day-are we
supposed to starve in solidaritelnét
Just eat. We’ll call Dr. Halloway after dinner to figure something out p>
Lacey was escorted upstairs to rest, while Adrian and Julian began eating.
Ethan picked up his silverware, but his anxiety gnawed at him. He pulled out his phone to dial the private doctor.
Before he could even pull up the contact, his phone rang. It was the police.
“Is this Mara Mercer’s family? She’s collapsed at the detention center p>