Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1212

With Leonard by her side, Lillian realized she truly didn't have to carry the weight of the world alone.

He had already managed her mother's care flawlessly, anticipating her needs before she even had to ask.

If Eleanor had been shielded from the gore, she would be just fine.

A few minutes later, one of the maids arrived at the door to deliver an update.

In just half an hour, the severe swelling on Sabrina's face had completely subsided.

The maid reported that Sabrina was practically back to normal, and within a few more hours, there wouldn't be a single trace of the beating left on her body.

Lillian couldn't help but laugh.

It was entirely Leonard's brilliant maneuvering. She had completely forgotten that they had access to such an outrageously overpowered serum.

If Sabrina had been allowed to leave looking like a mangled corpse, there was no telling what kind of hysterical PR nightmare she would have spun.

Now? A single injection, and she was practically glowing with health.

Even if she ran out into the streets screaming that Lillian had beaten her to a pulp, absolutely no one would believe her.

After all, top-tier cutting-edge bio-tech wasn't exactly something the general public even knew existed.

Downstairs, Ethan had monitored the situation for a bit before leaving the bodyguards in charge.

Having a high-powered CEO like him babysit that pathetic family was a massive waste of his time.

His schedule was heavily booked, and frankly, he'd rather spend his valuable minutes gossiping and enjoying the drama than staring at the Mercers.

More importantly, the entire situation was just too entertaining not to share. He was practically vibrating with excitement as he hurried back upstairs to spill the details to Lillian and Leonard.

Since Brandon and Colin were still behaving themselves, and Sabrina's tears were falling on deaf ears as she rapidly healed, the entire Mercer family was stewing in miserable silence.

Martin looked completely checked out, caught between exhausted sighs and half-hearted attempts to comfort Sabrina.

Martin, I'm begging you, take me home!

I don't want to die in this place! Oh, the horror!"

Lillian burst into laughter, completely unable to stop at Ethan's ridiculous performance. Even Leonard's lips twitched into an amused smirk.

"We have security cameras down there," Leonard pointed out dryly. "If you wanted to know what was happening, you could have just pulled up the feed. Watching him do stand-up is going to make you laugh until your ribs hurt."

"Hey, don't knock the performance," Ethan chuckled. "I was fighting for my life down there trying not to burst out laughing in their faces. That's why I had to leave.

But honestly, Ms. Mercer, today was quite the revelation. When it looked like you were actually going to beat Sabrina to death, your older brother finally started panicking.

He practically sprinted up to the boss, begging him to intervene. He was terrified that if you caught a murder charge, you'd end up back behind bars.

But our boss here shut that down real quick. He looked him dead in the eye and said that even if you beat her to a pulp, he'd personally ensure you walked away without a scratch."