Chapter 1501

The Sturgeons seemed to give up on any pretense right then, with Wilk kicking Lauren away, pointing at him and snapping even as the man lay prone on the floor.

"It's all your fault! You refused to die for two years, wasting everyone's time! Would my daughter have to keep suffering if you didn't hang on so stubbornly?! She'd be marrying again, and marrying rich!"

"Dad!"

Kali had enough then and sobbed even as she rose to her feet. "This happened to Lauren because of us! Patek would be dead if he didn't donate his kidney! How could you do this to him?!"

"What did we do to him?!"

Mrs. Sturgeon leapt up, grabbing Kali and slapping her twice as she screamed, "Did we ever mistreat him?! We had him marry you so that he could donate his kidney! And we paid his family 500 grand! Isn't that enough?! Why should we bother when his own family doesn't care?!

"You, on the other hand, are a wastrel and a traitor! Did you think we don't know?! He survived this long because you sneaked him out to