Chapter 162

In a hospital's VIP ward, Eugene lay on the bed, groaning weakly. His face was bruised from a beating. When word got out that the family's golden boy had been attacked, the entire Shore family rushed to the hospital to see him. The moment his doting grandmother, Marie Greene, stepped into the room, he cranked up the misery. "Grandma, you might've lost your favorite grandson if you'd come any later." Marie didn't expect him to be so heavily injured, and her eyes welled up at the sight of him. "Oh, my poor Gene! Who's the monster that did this to you? How could they be so ruthless? Aren't they afraid of divine retribution?" She turned and raised her voice. "Where's the doctor? His jaw's swollen to high heaven! Why is no one treating him?" Eugene's father, Patrick Shore, tried to calm her. "Mom, relax. The doctor said these are just flesh wounds. There aren't any broken bones, so Gene will be out of the hospital in a few days." His son was a mess, and he wasn't exactly thrilled, eit