Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 170

Chapter 170: It’s a family matter!

"Please. Don’t hurt him."

Grace yelled once more, trying to stop her mother from begging for that good-for-nothing father. Penny, on the other hand, could only watch this unfold in disbelief.

Anyone could tell that woman was beaten every second of her life by that man. Her bruises were enough to tell that the man never held back. If anything, it seemed he was slowly killing her. No one would be surprised if she ended up dead in his hands.

And yet, now that someone was standing up for her, she was begging him not to hurt her abuser?

What an irony.

Penny slowly shifted her eyes to Grace, understanding why Grace told her in the past her mother left her. What Grace’s mother was doing wasn’t protecting Grace, but protecting that monster. The woman could’ve died or left, but what she was doing right now was already abandoning her daughter.

"Ma’am," Hugo called sternly, but the woman clasped his leg even tighter.

"Please." the woman begged and shook her head. "No more. Please, just go away. This is a family matter. Just leave us alone."

"Hah!" her husband snorted and looked at Hugo mockingly. "See?! You brat! Acting like a hero — do you think you’re some sort of hero rescuing the day?!"

He slowly got up once again, sneering. "You brat. Since you liked butting into other people’s business, fine! I’ll show you what you get for that!"

As soon as those words rolled out of his tongue, he lunged at Hugo once more.

"Second Brother!" Penny instinctively got up to help her brother. Grace’s mother was holding Hugo’s leg and that coward of a man was trying to attack Hugo while he was ’trapped.’

But just as Penny got up, a figure suddenly flashed from the corner of her eyes. She stopped and turned her head, but the figure was not there anymore. After a second, she heard Grace’s father squeal.

"Ahh!" the man found himself back on the ground, this time, with someone standing over him with his feet on his chest.

"What do you think you’re going to do with my son?" Charles’s face darkened, pressing his foot on the man’s hairy chest. His face twitched as he ground his teeth. From his expression, one might think he was ready to kill this man right then and there.

"Dad?" Penny blurted out, her eyes dilating at the sight of her father. ’That figure was him? I didn’t know my father was so agile!’

Hugo also glanced at his father, surprised. "Dad..." he called, a bit confused because this was the first time he had seen his father make such a terrifying face.

Just then, everyone heard a short siren from the end of the alley-like route. Following that sound was Haines’s voice.

"Penny! Hugo!" Haines quickly squatted beside Penny, holding her shoulders and his eyes scanning her from head to foot.

"Uncle Haines." Penny blinked, studying Haines’s pale complexion. "Is everything alright?"

Haines snapped his eyes at her and huffed. "Goodness," was all he could say as if a pipe was plucked out of his throat. "Are you hurt?"

"No." She shook her head. "Brother Hugo is with me to protect me,"

Haines turned to Hugo. "Hugo, are you okay?"

’But...’ Hugo ground his teeth and looked down. His fist trembled in anger, knowing everything this man was saying was twisting the truth. It was shameless and cruel, and the police were still listening to him!