Torn Between Love and Hate
Chapter 60

Chapter 60 Mommy, Are You In Pain?

Deborah found it difficult to control her laughter and the more Ashton tried to provoke her, the harder she laughed

To her, Ashton looked like a clown, jumping up and down and trying everything to get a reaction from her.

Ashton was so angry his throat hurt, so he grabbed her shoulder and forced her to keep looking at Lydia Fine, keep laughing! Watch

your mother get beaten to death and keep laughing!"

Deborah was forced to look over, but she didn't r

She watched as Lydia was beaten to the brink of death, but her eyes didn't even water.

Ashton clenched his teeth and spoke through gritted teeth, "Your mother has been gambling and now owes a significant amount of

high interest debt if you don't plead with me to save her, she will face a gruesome fate."

"The creditors will harvest her organs and extract all her value to pay off the debt."

The leader of the men who came to collect the debt chimed in, "That's right, Mrs. Mullen. You better figure out a way to get the money to pay off your mother's debt, otherwise she'll suffer a lot." Deborah finally spoke, looking indifferent and confused, "I don't owe any money, why are you telling me all this?"

The man collecting the debt became angry and ashamed, 'Are you so indifferent to your mother's life?"

Deborah was surprised, "Why should I care? If she dies, it's her problem. What does it have to do with me?"

The man was at a loss for words, and then ordered the other men, 'Alright, beat her to death! See if there's anything useful in her body and take it out to exchange for money!"

Lydia was almost dying, and was scared to the point of trembling. She cried out in fear, "Deborah, you heartless person! What did you say?!

"I might not be a good mother, but I'm the one who raised you through thick and thin!

"When you were thirteen and went to the Bauer family, they often threw you out, and it was still me who took you back in to continue raising you. You ungrateful girl!"

Deborah looked at her coldly, listening to her words as if she were listening to a joke.

Lydia was in both pain and anger, tears streaming down her face. "Although I wanted to use you to get into the Bauer family, ask yourself how much I've mistreated you since you were born and raised you for so many years.

"During the hardest and most difficult times, when Kinsley wanted to harm us, mother and daughter, it was me who fought to keep you safe!"

Deborah still didn't say a word. The debt collectors couldn't control their anger anymore, and directly hit Lydia with a few swings of a club. Lydia vomited put a mouthful of blood, her body trembling, and then passed out.

Ashton watched, feeling a bit numb, but Deborah still had no reaction.

If they hit Lydia a few more times, she would probably die.

Finally, Ashton stood up in anger, grabbed Deborah and left.

Jeff couldn't bear to watch and secretly gave money to barely save Lydia's life.

Ashton brought Deborah straight back to Flora Villa, tossed her into the bedroom and headed to the study to smoke.

Once he left, Deborah immediately walked over to the bedroom door and locked it.

Her hands were trembling as she locked the door.

Suppressing her emotions, she felt dizzy and nauseous, her whole body feeling light and unsteady.

She stumbled back to the bedroom sofa and took a deep breath before reaching for the drawer in the coffee table

Inside the drawer, she found several medicine battles, three of which were painkillers

One and a half of the painkiller bottles were already empty

She grabbed the half empty bottle and clumsily twisted off the cap, pouring a handful of pills into her mouth.

She dry swallowed the pills and felt cold sweat breaking out all over her forehead and hair, her whole body sticky with perspiration.

Despite taking a handful of pills, the intense pain in her abdomen did not subside.

If anything, it felt worse, with the dry pills exacerbating the discomfort.

Deborah was in so much agony that her body shook and tingled. She grabbed the medicine bottle and emptied the remaining painkillers into her mouth, struggling to swallow them down. However, one of the pills got lodged in her throat, causing her to gag and vomit violently.

She threw up a large pile of vomit in desperation.

She couldn't tell how much blood she had vomited up, but the garbage can next to her was covered in bloodstains, and the intense smell of blood filled her nose and mouth,

The blood seemed to have taken away all the heat in her body, leaving her feeling cold and clammy, shivering and sweating profusely.

She pulled the blanket from the couch and wrapped herself tightly, still shivering from the cold.

Sweat dripped into her eyes, stinging them and blurring her vision, and she seemed to see Alyssa walking towards her in a daze.

Alyssa sat beside her, gently patting her back and asking, "Mommy, are you in pain?"

Deborah just stared blankly, watching the blurry figure.

She felt like crying, but her body seemed dead, her eyes dry, unable to shed tears.

Her abdomen still ached and throbbed, and she couldn't swallow the painkillers.

She took a pill and chewed it slowly.

As she chewed, she felt like vomiting, so she stopped.

When the nausea passed, she resumed chewing and slowly swallowed the crushed pill.

She had almost finished a bottle, but couldn't understand why she was still in pain.

When Zayne had prescribed the medication, he had said it was highly effective, and that one or two pills would be enough to relieve severe pain.

She stared blankly at the bottle, wondering why she had taken so many and yet felt no relief.

Unable to decide what to do, she stood up and walked outside, thinking of going downstairs to get some water and see if it would ease the pain. When she got downstairs, two maids were cleaning the kitchen.

As soon as they saw Deborah come in, they immediately stopped what they were doing and hurried out, avoiding her like a snake.

Deborah didn't pay any attention to them, went into the kitchen, and grabbed a cup to pour some water to drink

She glanced to the side and saw a few kitchen cleaning tools that the maids hadn't had a chance to put away yet

After a quick glance, she poured the water and went back upstairs.

Ashton had already come out of the study and gone back to the bedroom.

He didn't see Deborah in the room, and was about to go out and replace her when she pushed the door open and walked in, holding a glass of water.. Ashton felt uneasy about the situation. After what had happened with Helen, he had planned to get even with Deborah, but now he

didn't feel like it anymore.

Deborah entered the room with the water, passed him without acknowledging him, and sat down on the couch.

She slowly shook the glass in her hand, staring at it, lost in thought.

Ashton walked over and asked her, "You just went downstairs to get water?"

Deborah ignored him and continued to stare at the glass in her hand.

Ashton became annoyed and took the glass from her hand. "What's so interesting about a glass of water? I'm asking you a question." Deborah's gaze remained fixed on the glass, even as Ashton took it away from her, as if her eyes were glued to it.

Ashton took the glass and drank half of the water, feeling a bit agitated.

When Deborah looked at him, she smiled.

Ashton's heart trembled inexplicably when he saw her smile, and he drank the remaining half cup of water in one gulp.

"I'm thirsty too, I'll pour you another cup later," he said.

"But there's no more water in the kitchen," Deborah replied.

For a moment, Ashton felt like Deborah was being a little coquettish with him.

He softened his tone and said, “It's just a cup of water, how could there be none left? I'll go pour you another cup."

He had just smoked a lot in the study, so drinking water now didn't taste like anything to him.

But as he swallowed, he felt a prickling sensation in his throat.

Maybe he had smoked too much just now and his throat was irritated.

Deborah's smile widened even more as she watched Ashton finish the entire cup of water. Suddenly, Ashton realized that something was wrong.

He tasted a strange flavor in his mouth and throat, and felt a burning pain in his abdomen.