Chapter 314

Mr. Brooks saw the shift in Alexander and Vivian’s expressions and gave a bitter smile. “Yeah, there’s no easy choice—both are our kids. But you’ve never been parents, never felt the pain we went through. You can't imagine... the guilt of choosing your daughter after considering every scenario. It felt like cutting into our own flesh.” Alexander was their firstborn, the sole heir to the Brooks family. Of course they loved him. But back then, saving their daughter wasn’t just a choice—it was a necessity. First, with her health, she couldn’t survive what he’d been dragged into. Second, as a young girl falling into the hands of all-male kidnappers… What parent wouldn’t be scared out of their minds? Vivian had never been a mom—not in this life or the last—but when Mr. Brooks laid it out like that, she couldn’t find it in herself to argue. Maybe if she were in Mrs. Brooks’ shoes… She immediately stopped that thought in its tracks. No way. No way she’d ever let her kid fall into those kinds