Lock You In My Heart
Chapter 55
The atmosphere in the hospital was emotionally charged up and tensed. Benny, Westley, and Gabrielle were waiting outside the operating theatre. "Sloane is now lying in the operating room. I had to come over. I have to be here with her." Benny tried to look tough and hard. He felt he was doing the right thing by being with Sloane in the hospital.
"I don't know what Sloane meant to you, neither do I understand your relationship, but when she was beaten up by three women with blood oozing from all over her body, where were you? You didn't care about her until she was sent into the operating room. Don't you think it's rather too late now?" Westley said coldly.
"Sloane is my ... Younger sister." Benny felt pained and humiliated by the way Westley spoke to him.
Even though many people knew how Sloane and Benny were related, Benny never really admitted it to anyone. He hardly talked about his sister.
This was the first time that he had admitted to people that Sloane was his younger sister.
They were stepbrother and stepsister and although they had lived together for more than ten years, they were not as close as siblings should be. Their relationship had always been ordinary.
"No, that can't be true. Sloane doesn't have an unprincipled and wicked brother like you who only likes to intimidate her. This time around, she was hurt because you refused to intervene when you were supposed to. How can you say that you are her brother when you can't even protect her?" Gabrielle stood out from Westley's back and scolded Benny in anger.
'If they were siblings, why would he be so mean to her all the time?' Gabrielle thought.
She also had a brother. Although Bryce had always ignored her like she didn't exist, at least he wasn't so mean to her as Benny was to Sloane.
Comparing both of them, Bryce was far better than Benny. Though Bryce eloped with Westley's fiancée thereby making her the scapegoat to marry Westley.
"Gabrielle, no matter what you say, I'm still Sloane's brother..."
"It's your family affair Benny, and I shouldn't have interfered with it, I know that. But since you're her brother, you have to know that she was badly injured because of you. You don't deserve to be her brother at all. How can a brother make his sister suffer unjustly?" Westley was insinuating something by his statement. He wasn't just talking to Benny about his attitude towards his sister but was also mocking Bryce for what he did to Gabrielle.
Gabrielle was about to reprimand Benny but when she saw Westley doing so, she calmed down a bit.
She wanted to praise her husband for rebuking him.
man like Benny doesn't deserve to be called a real man, ' she said to herself.
she had a feeling that Bryce was also that kind of brother and was
he did,
was also that
his sister marry Westley as punishment
indirectly abusing
mean?" she asked with a confused look
and coldly looked at Benny. "Benny, since you're arguing about being Sloane's brother, it would be better if you didn't show up here
stay away from Sloane for the rest of your life." Gabrielle immediately said that to defend
stay out of this!" Benny's face darkened as he
didn't want
between him
him, it was his family affair.
almost died! Do you know that? If you still care for Sloane as your sister and still have even just a little conscience, just let her go, please. You even threatened her with the address
would fight Benny to protect
brother, ' she thought to herself as she shook
between Sloane and me. I'm sorry I won't be able to accept your advice," Benny said as he
he won't be able to accept my advice? Shit!' she
she wanted to scratch his face at
he is!'
torturing her this way. She is in the operating room right now, fighting for her life! What else do
Alvin came around.
Jones all right?" Seeing the gauze on Gabrielle's face, Alvin felt both funny and sad
coffee. She needs to calm down." Westley immediately told Alvin to take Gabrielle away who was already getting worked up as a result of Benny's unruly