Chapter 82: Death by Infection
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Hearing her words, Lucas smiled and looked at her tenderly. “Don’t worry. The injuries we inflicted on Brad Douglas weren’t severe enough to be fatal. Even if they try to investigate, they won’t be able to a.s.sociate it with me, so I won’t be in trouble.”
Cheyenne finally felt much less worried, but she nevertheless reminded Lucas, “Anyway, you should be more careful.”
“Yes, I will,” Lucas answered with a smile.
After Cheyenne left, a cold expression appeared on his face.
There was definitely more to the double deaths of Brad Douglas and Gordon Douglas!
If no one provoked him, he wouldn’t care to interfere with the family matters of the Douglases.
However, if someone was foolish enough to try to blame the matter on him, he wouldn’t be merciful and would simply chop off his hand! He was no saint after all.
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At this moment, the Douglas residence was all black, and the two large black lacquered wooden coffins were placed in the middle of the hall, surrounded by countless white wreaths.
The Douglas family was a top family in Orange County. Since such a huge incident happened all of a sudden, there were naturally many guests. Regardless of whether they were close or not, they would all have to attend and offer parting words to the deceased. They would also have to show their respect and then comfort the Douglases.
Hugo sat beside the hall and stared at the two coffins in front of him with a deadpan expression. He wasn’t moving at all and was acting as if he couldn’t hear or see anything happening around him. His face, which was still rosy and healthy previously, seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight.
The two coffins in front of him were those of his only son, Gordon Douglas, and his only grandson, Brad Douglas. However, they would never open their eyes again.
At the thought of this, tears rolled down Hugo’s face.
This scene made the countless guests who came to offer their condolences sigh with emotion.
Anyone would be upset and grief-stricken to lose their son and grandson at an old age.
Fortunately, he had his eldest son, Chris Douglas, who could carry on the family bloodline.
At this moment, Chris also looked like he was grief-stricken and had tears in his eyes as he received the comfort and condolences from the guests on behalf of the Douglases. Sometimes, when something struck a sour note in him, he would weep and feel overwhelmed by the misery of the deaths of his younger brother and nephew.
All of a sudden, all the people who came to offer condolences felt emotional, as they could tell that the Douglas brothers shared a close relations.h.i.+p with each other.
However, after everyone left in the dead of the night, Chris looked at the two large coffins in the hall, and his mournful expression was now replaced by the derisive smile of a victor.
On the second day after the burial of Brad and Gordon, Hugo finally came out of his bedroom and regained some of his vitality.
However, Hugo had gray hair and a hunched back. His eyes were also emanating a sharp glint, making everyone’s heart jump.
All the Douglases waited in the hall, not even daring to breathe.
Hugo sat down on a chair in the hall, looked at everyone, and said slowly, “A few days ago, my son, Gordon, and my grandson, Brad, both pa.s.sed away in the hospital due to a severe infection of their wounds.”
Hugo’s voice was hoa.r.s.e. As soon as he said these words, a middle-aged woman dashed out, fell onto the ground, and started crying miserably. “Hugo! You must avenge Gordon and Brad! They died a wrongful death, but the scoundrel who killed them is still alive and well. You can’t let him off easily! You must make him pay for it!”
The middle-aged woman was none other than Brad’s mother and Gordon’s wife.
Having lost her husband and son in one night, she was about to lose her mind!
In particular, she had also heard that they had been badly beaten because they had offended Lucas Gray! Even after they had been hospitalized, he still wasn’t willing to let them off and ended up killing them! Or so she thought.
Brad’s injuries were serious but not fatal, and the same went for Gordon’s. So it was impossible for them to die in the hospital overnight!
While the woman wept miserably, the Douglases started discussing endlessly.
Almost all of them agreed that there was something fishy about the deaths of Brad and Gordon.
Although they didn’t feel much for the overbearing and haughty Gordon and the loafer Brad, who was often up to nothing good and only knew to cause trouble, they were still the core members of the family. Yet they were both killed by such brutal means, so they felt fearful and insulted.
Everyone looked at Hugo, hoping that he would issue orders to find the scoundrel who bullied them and then kill him without anyone knowing to avenge the deaths of the two Douglases!
However, to everyone’s surprise, not only did Hugo not promise to find the culprit to avenge Brad and Gordon, but he even looked at them sullenly and said austerely, “From now on, no one is allowed to talk about the deaths of Brad and Gordon. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless and punis.h.i.+ng you with the family laws!”
Hugo’s words left all of them astonished!
He’s actually threatening us with the family laws in order to suppress this matter!
Why?
Could it be that the culprit behind this is so powerful that even Hugo doesn’t dare to mess with him?
“No! You can’t do that. You clearly know that they were both murdered! How can you not avenge them?!” the middle-aged woman yelled, unable to accept this result.
“Shut up!” Hugo barked and glared at the middle-aged woman. “Are you turning a deaf ear to my words? Now that my son is gone, I can let you leave the family if you want!”
“I…” The middle-aged woman was so frightened by Hugo that she started convulsing with fear, not daring to air her grievances.
She had now lost her husband and her son and could only live the rest of her life depending on Hugo. If she provoked him and ended up getting kicked out by him, her life would be miserable!
Hugo stood up and looked around at the crowd in the middle of the hall. “Did all of you hear what I said? If I find out that anyone talks about this again, don’t blame me for not warning you beforehand!”