The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 114

Victoria didn’t hold back the slightest bit as she spoke. Hearing this, Denise had tears in her eyes again. She looked at her daughter and choked, “Tori, you really want to cut ties with Mom and Dad—”

“Do you think we would come to a place like this if you hadn’t ruined our family’s reputation?” Glen interrupted his wife and looked at his daughter in disgust as he stubbornly stated, “I will say this now: Leave the club, leave Bloomsway, and never come back!”

Denise’s tears hung on her eyelashes, and she reached out and tugged at Glen’s sleeve. “It is fine as long as she leaves the club. Why do you want her to leave Bloomsway as well? She is only 20 years old, and she only has a high school diploma. How is she supposed to survive if you kick her out of Bloomsway?”

“Don’t you know that a kind mother makes a wastrel?!” Glen glared at her. “It is because you unconditionally allow her to do everything she wants that she turned out this way!”

Denise stopped talking after that as her tears fell.

“Victoria, did you hear what I said?!” He looked at Victoria again as if he was looking at something dirty.

Tempted to step forward and refute the man, Gabriella clenched her fists, but she stood still after giving it a thought as she was afraid she would offend the Coleman Family.

Victoria accidentally let a laugh slip then. With sarcasm written all over her face, she hummed, “I am no longer one of the Colemans. You have no right to care about where I am or what I am up to, Mr. Glen. Besides, Bloomsway doesn’t belong to the Colemans. So what right do you have to let me leave?”

Seeing that Glen was about to have his top blown off again, Denise hurriedly stepped forward out of worry about his health. “Tori, do you know what people say about you, a girl who works in Delta Club? Listen to Mom’s advice. You have to leave here.”

She was uttering words of advice, but her eyes were filled with disapproval and doubt, and even blame and embarrassment.

All in all, her attitude toward Victoria’s work at the Delta Club was the same as Glen’s—she thought that her daughter brought shame to him. The only difference between Denise and Glen was that she spoke a little more euphemistically.

Victoria scoffed bitterly as she looked at the couple, filled with anger, grief, and pain. It was as if their emotions would break out of their veins and bodies in the next second.

“Do you think I will continue working in Delta Club if Christian wasn’t threatening me with the Colemans?” she asked, contemptuous and resigned.

Despite knowing that she should be completely disappointed in her parents, she couldn’t help wishing that they would feel guilty and even feel sorry for her when they learned the truth someday as she looked at them.

Even though it was just a tiny bit of hope, they were her parents after all. What if, just what if, they still had a little affection for her?

“Impenitent!” Glen pointed an accusing finger at her. His face had turned purple from anger, and his body was still shaking. “How can someone like you, who only knows how to ask for money from your family and push your responsibility to your family after you cause trouble, suffer on Coleman Family’s behalf?”

“It seems to me you came to Delta Club to make a quick buck because you can’t go back home after you get out of prison because you have no money to spend, and you can’t find a good job! It is obvious you didn’t think your lie through by saying that you are doing this for the family!”

These words were like a bucket of cold water that was poured on Victoria from head to toe. Even though she was clearly standing in the dormitory, it felt as if she was standing in the chilly wind in soaked clothes. Her whole body was so cold it felt like there wasn’t even a trace of heat on her. All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

Gabrielle, who saw her, walked over out of worry and grabbed her hand, shaking it a few times. “Victoria, are… you alright?”

Victoria only shook her head at her and pulled her arm away before she walked up to Denise, whose expression had changed. “What about you, Mrs. Coleman?” she asked in a low voice. “Do you, like Mr. Coleman, also think that what I just said is all nonsense?”

Hearing that, Denise glanced at her, then tilted her head and peeked at Glen. After stammering for a long time, she avoided Victoria’s gaze and whispered, “Your father has come across so many people. He can’t be wrong when it comes to people.”

“Ha!” Victoria laughed, and as she did, tears started to roll down her face.

How silly of me, she lamented. I can’t believe I still had hope in them…

Denise felt as though a knife had gone through her chest when she looked at her daughter. “Listen to me, Tori. Delta Club is not a good place. You can still make money in this kind of place while you are still young and beautiful, but when you are older—”

“Your intelligence is impressive, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman. I really thought that I could deceive you with the excuse I made up!” Victoria wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and curled the corners of his lips. Other than the red rim around her eyes, there were no other signs that she had cried.

She indeed wasn’t working in Delta Club because of the Coleman Family; it was for her brother and her sister-in-law. The reason she was here had nothing to do with her parents.

Glen yelled with a snort, “You are still the same even after staying in prison for two years. You will play yourself to death sooner or later!”

“Play myself to death? Did you not force your own daughter to die for the sake of profit?” The thought of what Jill said to her on her birthday made the smile on Victoria’s face grow even wider.

Glen’s eyes shone then, and unlike himself, he didn’t utter a reply.

On the other hand, Denise was distraught by her words. “Tori, you attempted murder. Your father couldn’t save you even if he wanted to protect you. Moreover, it was because Christian requested him to make a choice between you and the Coleman Family that he was forced to give you up!”novelxo.com fast update

“Is that so, Mr. Coleman?” Victoria looked at Glen without a hint of emotion in her eyes.

No longer able to tolerate this, Denise scolded her daughter, her eyes red and swollen. “Tori, why do you blame it on your father when you know it was your fault? Do you not have the most basic ability to tell right from wrong?”

“I can’t listen to this anymore!” Gabriella’s expression changed, and she finally stood up after hesitating for a moment. Angrily, she scolded, “Victoria didn’t even have much time to rest when she worked as a cleaner some time ago. She did a lot more than others, but her salary was lower than theirs. Is this what you mean by her ‘making a quick buck’?”

“I might sound terrible for saying this, but Vincent, no, let’s take his wife, for example. She isn’t related by blood to Victoria, but she is better to Victoria than Victoria’s own parents are! At the very least, she

wouldn’t sling mud at Victoria like the two of you are doing immediately after seeing Victoria! I seriously wonder if you are even her birth parents!”

The Coleman Family’s business empire was widespread. Even though they couldn’t compare with the Thatchers, the Colemans were a famous and powerful family in Bloomsway.

Coupled with Glen’s involvement in charity projects all year round, the Coleman couple had a high status in the circle and among ordinary people. It was safe to say they had never met a person like Gabriella who would repeatedly chastise them.

Denise had always been a gentle person who never raised her voice in public. That was why she was speechless, even though she was outraged.

Glen also had a sour expression on his face, but his upbringing didn’t allow him to get into a quarrel with someone much younger than him. He only let out an angry huff and finally decided to stop bothering himself with Victoria and Gabriella.

“You are the one who doesn’t want to listen to my well-intended advice. So don’t blame me for being cruel in the future!” He turned around and walked away afterward.