Chapter 29: Tina Deross suffers brutal domestic violence
The room was a mess, even with blood, dripping from the doorway all the way to the inside of the bedroom, Tina Deross was prostrate on the floor in only a halter nightgown, her hair was messy, and the corners of her mouth were covered in blood, that body was even more bloodied, with alternating old and new wounds, which was shocking to look at.
Ben Richter had a long whip in his hand, and his face was fierce as he swung it, lashing it hard, lash by lash, against Tina Deross’s delicate skin.
Tina Deross gritted her teeth and held back, unable to hold back the grunt of pain.
With a sudden look of pleasure on his face, Ben Richter dropped the long whip in his hand and dragged Tina Deross to the bed by the arm.
I couldn’t believe that the normally mild-mannered Ben Richter had such a hobby.
Listening to Tina Deross’s intermittent sounds of agony coming from inside, reason told me not to mind my own business, but my feet couldn’t walk as if they were rooted to the ground.
Out of such a big commotion, those servants but as if they did not hear, none of them went upstairs to see, and from the injuries on Tina Deross, not once or twice, Ben Richter so abused Tina Deross, the Richter family people do not know?
After about half an hour had passed, Ben Richter’s footsteps came this way, supposedly to go out, so I hurriedly ducked into the room next to me and watched through the doorway as Ben Richter went downstairs and out, before stepping out.
I stood at the door of Tina Deross’s room and saw that there was no movement inside for half a day, fearing that something had really happened, and with hesitation I pushed the door open and went in and was shocked to see the blood on the bedsheets.
Bright red blood continued to snake from between Tina Deross’s legs to her ankles, her face as pale as paper, her eyes staring vacantly up at the ceiling, not blinking or moving for half a day.
“Sister-in-law?” I wanted to help her up, but she was covered in wounds and I didn’t know where to start, “Sister-in-law, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
My voice finally brought her back to her senses, and she mechanically rolled her eyes, her hand on her belly, a bitter smile on her lips, and even more desolation in her eyes, “It’s good that it’s gone… it’s good that it’s gone.”
I looked at Tina Deross in shock, as someone who has been there before, I naturally understand what Tina Deross meant inside her words.
Seeing Tina Deross like this, all the things she said to me before were off the table.
“Sister-in-law, let me take you to the hospital.”
She’s still bleeding.
I found clothes and put them on her, “Can you still walk?”
Tina Deross’s legs winced, and just as she picked herself up, she slipped to the floor as her legs gave out.
“I’ll call for help.”
“Don’t go.” Tina Deross grabbed the corner of my shirt and shook her head at me weakly, “Get my cell phone for me.”
Her cell phone was resting on the end of the bed, and I took it to her, and she leaned over the edge of the bed, and with a shaking hand she called out, “Leon Murphy, can you come to my house?”
On the other side of the phone was a man’s voice, “I’ll be right over.”
The other didn’t ask why, but it was as if he knew what was going on.
Hanging up the phone, Tina Deross reached up and touched the blood between her legs, smiled miserably, and said to me, “Sibling, could you please get me some hot water?”
“Good.”
I know what she’s going to do, how can she display people like this.
At this point Tina Deross is nothing more than a poor sympathetic woman in my eyes.
I got her hot water and wrung out a hot towel and handed it to her, and when she couldn’t wipe the blood off her back in some places, I said, “I’ll do it.”
Tina Deross was stunned and didn’t try to be brave, “Thanks.”
Looking at the alternating lash marks on her back, there were many doubts in my mind, but I never asked, that would undoubtedly be rubbing salt into her wounds.
I didn’t dare to push too hard and gently wiped her blood.
The whole time, Tina Deross didn’t say a word, even when it hurt, she just gritted her teeth and frowned.
I looked at the tears slipping from the corners of her eyes, but I didn’t know how to comfort her.
After all that, Tina Deross’s friend arrives, the same man I saw pulling a Tina Deross on the street last time.
Leon Murphy looked at me for a second before walking straight to Tina Deross, glancing at the injury at the corner of Tina Deross’s mouth, anger in his eyes but suppressing it because I was here, “I’ll carry you downstairs.”This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.
Leon Murphy could see that Tina Deross was weak and couldn’t walk, and Tina Deross didn’t have time to say no before Leon Murphy picked her right up.
“Leon Murphy,” Tina Deross looked at me with a slightly frightened expression as she struggled in his arms for a few moments.
Tina Deross This is in case I misunderstood.
She was a married woman and now she was being held by another man.
I said nothing, turning my gaze away, and Leon Murphy, ignoring Tina Deross’s resistance, hugged her and headed for the stairs.
I didn’t really want to go along, but Tina Deross suddenly spoke up, “Sibling, will you accompany me?”
I have to say, Tina Deross is a very thoughtful person, she would have caused gossip if she had just gone off alone with Leon Murphy and been seen by THE Richter family servants, but not if I had followed.
There was a hint of pleading in Tina Deross’ tone.
I was supposed to be going out, so after thinking about it, I agreed.
Instead of sending Tina Deross to a major hospital, Leon Murphy went back to the clinic he owns.
Tina Deross had a miscarriage and had to be cleared, Leon Murphy seemed to know this and as soon as we arrived he had already arranged for someone to operate on Tina Deross.
Leon Murphy, who didn’t operate on Tina Deross himself, waited outside with me as he made me a cup of tea, “There’s only green tea here.”
“Thanks.” I took the teacup and held it in my hand, warming it.
Leon Murphy sat down next to me, he took a few sips of his tea and opened his mouth to ask, “Why aren’t you curious about my relationship with Tina Deross?”
Seriously, I’m not curious at all. As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, and it was curiosity that led me to the scene where Ben Richter abused Tina Deross just now.
It doesn’t do a bit of good to know about it.
Now that I’ve calmed down, I’m even a little worried about getting in trouble.
I didn’t say anything, Leon Murphy talked to himself, “I went to school with Tina Deross a long time ago …”
“That much I know, she mentioned it to me.”
I interrupted him, just to stop him from saying more, Leon Murphy, however, as if he didn’t understand my intention, continued, “I liked her, from the time I was studying, only that God didn’t allow us to be together, and by the time I came back from my study abroad, she had already been married into the Richter family, and I thought that she was very happy, until one day I saw her I thought she was happy, until one day I saw her covered in bruises. Only then did I realize that Ben Richter had been abusing her and she wasn’t happy at all.”
Leon Murphy and I technically met for the first time today, and for a first timer and also THE Richter family daughter-in-law, Leon Murphy had the audacity to say that he likes Tina Deross.
I looked at him, my thumb rubbing my teacup, “You’re telling me this so you’re not afraid I’ll tell Ben Richter, or are you hoping to use my mouth to tell Ben Richter and break up their marriage and then you’ll have your chance?”
Leon Murphy flinched slightly and quickly lowered his head, a touch of indignation in his tone, “I just want her to be happy.”
“That’s between the three of you, I’m just an outsider.” I made my position clear.
Leon Murphy gave me a surprised look, “You’re a little different than the rumors.”
Leon Murphy likes Tina Deross, so he must know something about all the Richter family people, but he knows Bella Hill from before, not me, Alva Hill.