The Price of the Lie: A Broken Promise

The Price of the Lie: A Broken Promise.

NOVEL STATUS: COMPLETED

PUBLISHED CHAPTERS: 439 CHAPTERS

The Price of the Lie: A Broken Promise – Sneak Peek

With all hands on deck, accompanied by the silence of concentration that determined the fragile life of a soul, the only sound that could be heard was the beeping of the heart monitor.

“Scalpel,” the surgeon ordered, his tone calm and firm.

Everything had been going well—until it wasn’t. Suddenly, the tension in the room spiked. The steady beep of the heart monitor began to falter, and the lines on the screen showed Hamilton’s heart fading away. The surgical team responded swiftly, applying pressure to the bleeding area, using clotting agents, transfusing blood, and doing everything they could to keep him alive.

Outside the ICU, the tension was palpable. Several men could be seen pacing back and forth, their anxiety evident as they tapped their feet against the ground. She scanned the room, her gaze locking on their faces, all filled with worry and fear. Everyone was so absorbed in their emotions that no one seemed to notice her. Her bandaged head throbbed with pain. She had run away from the nurse attending to her to search for her parents. Seeing her family gathered here, including some unfamiliar faces, she knew her parents were inside the ICU, undergoing surgery. She clasped her hands together, silently praying for their survival.

“Why would Mum hate them so much? They look so worried…” Clarisse muttered to herself after finishing her prayer. Her mother had never allowed her to visit any of their relatives, and she would often argue with her father, insisting he cut ties with them. It always made her believe that they were bad people, but now, seeing their worried expressions and the anxiety in their eyes, she realized that when her parents recovered, she would tell her mother just how much her father’s family cared for them.

Just then, the operating room door opened, and the surgical team emerged. Everyone jumped to their feet upon seeing the doctors and immediately rushed toward them.

“Doctor, how did it go?” a man, whom Clarisse later learned was named Ferdinand, asked eagerly.

ga𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.k𝗈n – 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒍 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓉

The doctor sighed deeply and looked at them, his expression somber. “Mr. Hamilton was a strong man, and we did everything we could…”

“Mr. Hamilton? Dad? What about Mum?” Clarisse asked, but no one answered. It was as if she wasn’t even there.

“Cut to the chase and tell us how it went,” another man said, his voice sharp with impatience.

“I’m sorry, but we lost him,” the doctor said, his voice heavy with regret.

“Does that mean the wife is dead and you couldn’t save the husband?” Patricia asked.

“We are so sorry,” they offered their sincere apologies and sympathy before walking away.

Everything became blurry. She felt a chill as her wet dress clung to her, and she shivered in shock. The news of her mother’s death upon arrival at the hospital, followed by the devastating message of her father’s passing during surgery, hit her like a ton of bricks. It left her trembling, overwhelmed with grief. She felt dizzy and looked up at her family, hoping to ask if everything she’d heard was true, wondering if she was just dreaming. But to her shock, she saw smiles on their faces. Smiles, not grief. The truth hit her with full force: she was now all alone. They weren’t family—they were frenemies.

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