Chapter 3

After putting Zach to sleep, Raine went downstairs to get the medicine the doctors had prescribed for her.

But the very moment she reached the first floor, a marble hit her head, and a bump instantly formed.

She hissed in pain and saw John standing on the second floor while throwing things downstairs.

He threw cups, music boxes, and toy cars at her until her body was covered in bruises. It hurt so much that she winced and covered her head as she squatted down.

“What are you doing?!”

When he saw how pathetic she looked, John tilted his head up and said smugly.

“Having fun. You’re the stupid one for not knowing how to dodge. If you get hurt, it’s because you deserve it!”

Raine whipped her head up in shock, and her voice was filled with rage.

“Hasn’t your mother taught you not to throw things at people?”

John huffed and was about to shoot a snide comment back, but he heard footsteps fast approaching behind him.

He immediately forced himself to cry and threw himself into Luke’s arms.

“Luke, I accidentally hit Raine, and she yelled at me!”

Luke’s expression instantly turned sour.

“John was just joking with you. Did you really have to blow this out of proportion and pick on a kid?”

As she listened to him yell at her, she covered her bleeding head and found the situation ridiculous. “He’s the reason why I’m covered in wounds right now, and you think I’m bullying him?”

Luke turned around and saw the wounds on her body. He frowned.

When he spoke next, his tone was gentler, but he was still siding with John.

“He didn’t do it on purpose. Those are just minor wounds, anyway. Put some ointment on them and stop kicking up a fuss about it.”

He then leaned down to wipe away John’s tears before bringing him back into his room.

As she watched the door shut, Raine gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.

After taking a few deep breaths, she was finally able to suppress her raging emotions. Once she grabbed her medicine, she went into the kitchen.

She made sure she got the exact dosage right and was just about to go upstairs when she heard a loud sound outside, followed by loud cries.

That sounded like trouble. Raine’s eyelids twitched.

She rushed out of the kitchen and saw that John had come down again. He had fallen in the living room and was crying nonstop.

Zach was clutching the railing tightly. His tear-stricken face was full of panic as he kept calling out to her.

In the next second, Helen ran out while shouting in panic and shoved Zach down the stairs.

Raine could not stop her in time and could only watch as Zach fell from the stairs and started bleeding from the forehead.

“Zach!”

Blood gushed out and stained the floor and Raine’s hands red.

She picked up her unconscious son and was overwhelmed with panic. Her voice was filled with helplessness and anguish.

“Call the ambulance! I’m right here, Zach, wake up!”

Luke had rushed over, but before he could figure out what had happened, John started accusing Zach.

“Luke, Zach woke up, and I tried helping him down the stairs, but he pushed me down! It hurts so much!”

Helen also started crying as she turned to Raine.

“Raine, if you don’t like us here, just say so. Why did you tell your son to hurt mine? You’re a mother too.

“How could you be so cruel?”

Helen and John’s complaints caused anger to burn in Luke’s heart. When he looked at Raine, his expression was dark as a thundercloud.

“Is this how you raised your son, Raine? I brought Helen and John back. If you don’t like it, then get angry at me.

“Don’t pick on a five-year-old!”

Raine applied pressure to Zach’s bleeding wound and felt her heart shatter at Luke’s accusations.

With teary eyes, she turned to Luke and yelled at him hysterically.

“Zach can’t see, so how could he push someone down the stairs?!

“You didn’t see it happen, so why are you pushing all the blame on your own son?! You refused to listen to your own son, and you won’t even check the security cameras!”

Luke was furious at that point and thought that Raine was being unreasonable, so he became even angrier.

“That’s enough! John is only five. Why would he lie?! The truth is stronger than any explanation you can give.

“I don’t want to listen to your stupid excuses anymore! Since you can’t teach him well, I will!”

He then snapped at the butler. “Since Zach injured our guest, whip him twenty times!”

Upon hearing that, Raine was stunned and looked up in disbelief.

“Zach is already so grievously injured! Are you still planning to hit him? Have you forgotten that he’s your son?!”

“He messed up, and he should be punished for that. Even if he’s my son, I won’t tolerate this!”