Chapter 51


    Chapter 51


    “Yeomans spread rumors to force abandoned daughter to marry a cripple for a wedding gift of 30


    thousand dors.”


    Viewership numbers of the “Looking For Family” program had risen quite steadily. Whenn invited Audrey onstage, the ratings


    skyrocketed.


    On the screen, Audrey gripped the microphone and spoke slowly, “| heard what the Yeomanses said when | was backstage


    earlier. Mrs. Yeomans said she had been kind to the so-called daughter-inw she bought for 30 thousand dors.


    “She imed to have fed my biological mother when she was unwell, but she didn’t mention that


    Wayne had beaten my mother so badly that she was unable to feed herself.”


    Adam yelled emotionally, “You''re lying! Mom was pampered. She never worked at home, and Dad everid a finger on her!


    Audrey, you can’t be so unconscionable as to nder Dad!”


    As Adam''s words fell, the hospital’s injury report appeared on the big screen, along with faceless photos of a wretched body


    covered in scars.


    Audrey exined, “This is the injury report that Mr. Lambert asked the hospital to issue after my mother escaped from Sayeno


    Town before she died.”


    Red lines marked the key points of the injury report.


    “Big and small, new and old injuries were visible. There were 28 fractures around the body, and small pieces of the skull were


    also missing.”


    Audrey continued, “This picture was taken by the police. This is where my mother was imprisoned by


    the Yeomans family.” She looked up at the big screen.Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    The damp and moldy basement had been photographed when the police filed a case years ago. Inside stood a blood-stained


    bed and iron chains, as well as bloody marks when Wanda had scratched the


    walls. It was a gruesome sight to behold.


    Audrey divulged, “My mother was abducted to Sayeno Town when she was 16 years old. She gave birth to me at 17. During her


    imprisonment, she was continuously forced to conceive and give birth.


    “Whenever the baby was a girl, the midwife in Sayeno Town would throw her onto the floor or scald her to death with boiling


    water. She did this before me and my mother every time, without exception.


    Because of this, my mother lost her mind.”


    ording to the story that the Lambert family had fashioned for Wanda, she had been abducted at the age of 16. But in fact,


    Wanda had been abducted when she was 15 and had given birth to her first child, Audrey, by 16.


    “My mother was trapped in a living hell for over ten years until the end of her life.” Audrey clutched the microphone tightly.


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    “Everyone in the Yeomans family is a devil who tortured my mother in hell. That includes me and Adam, as we''re both evidence


    of the Yeomanses’ persecution of my mother!


    “The evidence of sin itself is innocent, but sin is sin. If we still have a conscience, we should never disturb the victim’s father, Mr.


    Lambert, for the rest of our lives, whatever reason there may be. Unless the so-called family reuniones with ulterior


    motives, such as coveting Mr. Lambert''s property.”


    Daphne watched as Audrey calmly recounted the past on the screen. She looked at Audrey with disbelief as she spooned food


    onto her te.


    “Before the recording of today’s program, Mr. Turner suggested that | hand over the phone recording to the production team


    without revealing my identity so as not to cause trouble in the future.


    “But | know if | hadn’t shown up, the Yeomanses would disclose my information and spread false sexual rumors about me after


    the program is broadcast.


    “They will use public opinion to force me out of school, then marry me off to ude in exchange for a sumptuous wedding gift for


    Adam. I''d rather face this head-on.”


    Audrey continued clearly, “I’ve lived in Sayeno Town for ten years. Growing up, I''ve seen 36 abducted women. Nine of them were


    beaten to death due to disobedience or escape attempts. Five were driven


    crazy,


    fourmitted suicide, and seven died in childbirth.


    “Some of the others have resigned themselves to their fate and blended into life there, while some were tormented like my


    mother was. They were all subjected to inhuman torture, abuse, and beatings


    daily.


    “Ever since | can remember, whenever my mother went intobor, | was taken to the basement of her imprisonment, then beaten


    and abused.


    “The Yeomanses believe a daughter''s misery could scare any girl from wanting to be born into the Yeomans family. The burns on


    my body are from that time.”