The Daughter in the Shadows (by Una Norris) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76 Love Means Nothing Here

But to Elsie’s surprise, Paul actually avoided her gaze and did not speak up for her.

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Jensen had never liked her family background to begin with, and here she was deliberately calling him “Dad? Was she asking for trouble?

Seeing that even Paul would not defend her, Elsie wiped away her tears and fled the hospital room. looking utterly wronged.

Jensen watched her leave with a look of utter contempt in his eyes. Then he turned back to look at his disappointing son, his voice cold as ice. “If you’re just playing around with her, fine. But if you’re serious, don’t blame me for cutting all father–son ties.”

Paul looked at him in shock. Cut ties? How?

Jensen sneered, I’m still young. I can have another son

Paul’s face went pale.

Jensen continued, “If you still want to stay in your grandfather’s good graces, then go bring the Powell family a real ally”

Paul knew full well that his father looked down on Elsies humble background, but still he said, “I can’t betray Elsie

Hearing this, Jensen’s gaze turned sharp. He grabbed Paul by the collar and growled, “Your grandfather has already arranged for Wyatt to marry Yunice. That’s our only chance to catch up to them! And what will marrying Elsie get you, apart from a flock of freeloading relatives?”

Then, he pressed down hard on Paul’s injured leg

Paul cried out in agony. But Jensen didn’t show the slightest bit of mercy. “If you don’t get your act together, the pain will only get worse.”

The veins on Paul’s forehead bulged from the pain. He could not even find the strength to argue

After leaving the room, Jensen ordered the bodyguards outside. “No more painkillers for him.”

“Yes, sir!” The bodyguards replied in unison.

Inside, Paul lay drenched in cold sweat, slumped on the bed. Maybe the pain had numbed him, or maybe he was just delirious, but his mind began to wander.

Who did Father say Hyatt was going to marry?

The pain was unbearable that he had not caught the name clearly.

Clutching his injured leg. Paul gritted his teeth. Jensen was truly ruthless. The wound was already bleeding

again.

Frustrated and furious, he called for a doctor for Elsie. but no one came.

Jensen clearly intended to grind him down.

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Chapter 76 Love Means Nothing Here

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Unable to sleep from the pain, his mind wandered again. To Elsie and to Yunice.

Elsie had said injuries just needed to be endured, but that was not true.

Back in middle school, he had fractured a bone playing basketball. Yunice had made him a crude–looking herbal plaster. It was ugly and old–fashioned, but it worked better than any medicine from the hospital. It had not hurt at all.

From a distance, the voices of Owen and Elsie approached.

Elsie added anxiously, “Maybe we should call the police find Yunice, and get her to treat Paul. That is the priority right now.

Elsie sighed. “If only I could make that pain–relieving medicine. I’d definitely give the formula to you. It’d be such a boost for your hospital!”

Her words sparked a thought in Owen

A technical monopoly was the ultimate advantage for any company. So far, no hospital had managed to develop a painkiller without side effects.

Yunice clearly had such an effective formula; why was he not helping his hospital ger through its current

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