"Mom!" Jayden was shocked but he was able to react quickly when his mother fell toward him. He caught her and laid her down on the ground before he did everything he could to try to wake her up.
However, Velma seemed like she passed out cold. Nothing Jayden did work.
Old Madam Flint had a glance at the unconscious Velma. "Felicia, take her to the room."
Felicia nodded and went to Jayden. “I’ll take over from here, Jayden."
"Oh, oh..." Jayden nodded repeatedly and handed his mother to Felicia.
Felicia then helped Velma up to her room.
Old Madam Flint turned her attention back to Julien. "Julien, do you know every man in the Flint family is loyal? No man in the family ever toys with women's feelings, except you and your father."
It was at this point Old Madam Flint's hands shook as if she was holding back something in her. A moment later, she took a deep breath, and rested her eyes to calm herself down before she said, "I'm not talking about your father. That’s a special case. Your parents never loved each other and their marriage happened because your father is fulfilling his responsibility as a man of the Flint family.
"But you, you’re different. You agreed to marry Sydney at first and you should honor your promise, treat her well, and spend your days with her. Look how it turned out in the end?"
Smack!
Old Madam Flint swung her whip.
Julien endured it with a painful grunt.
Old Madam Flint felt bad for whipping her grandson but she was able to suppress the feeling. "You married Sydney but you deserted her. You didn't care about her, gave her the cold shoulder, and even let Velma and Jay den use her like a servant. Is this what a husband should do?”
Jayden was deeply embarrassed by what he did before and he lowered his head out of guilt.
He knew he was wrong.
Old Madam Flint did not look at Jayden though. She locked her eyes on Julien. "I wanted to educate you back then but Sydney stopped me. I thought since it's between you and her, you should be able to solve it yourself.
“Sydney was loyal, kind, and loving. I thought she'd move you and change you for the better but I didn't expect your heart to be colder than ice."
"Grandma, it's..."
Before Julien could finish, Old Madam Flint whipped him again. “Shush! You have no say in this!"
It was the third whip and she did not hold back at all.
Julien was able to endure the pain from the first two whips but the third broke him. He collapsed to the floor and his body started to shake because of the pain in his back.
Old Madam Flint could not bear watching either. She averted her gaze but her look remained icy cold. "Aside from that, what I cannot accept is that you got together with Lyra Madden during your marriage! If the divorce didn't happen earlier, I'd have whipped you to death!
"I asked you before whether you regret the divorce and you said no. And now, look at what you've done. Sydney is pregnant with your child!"
The more she said, the angrier she got. She whipped Julien two more times.
Julien curled up in pain. The sweat on his forehead, as big as peas, rolled down and got stuck at his eyebrows, forcing his eyes shut.
Jayden broke down in tears. He grabbed Old Madam Flint's arm and begged," Grandma, please stop. He can't take it anymore!"
Old Madam Flint turned a deaf ear and shook Jay den's hands away. "Julien, before the divorce, you were seeing Lyra and you didn't even care about Sydney's feelings. After the divorce, you went back to Sydney and slept with her? Who is she to you? If this isn't toying with her feelings, what is? This isn't what the Flint family taught you, am I right?”
Old Madam Flint's eyes turned red and teary as she whipped Julien again.
Jayden could not bear watching his brother quivering like a dying shrimp on the floor so he anxiously pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "Sydney, please pick up, please! Only you can save him now!"
At the hospital, Sydney had just gone through the report Sophie sent over and was getting ready to sleep. It was then her phone rang.
She frowned when she saw Jayden's name on the screen.
"Why is he calling me at this hour?'
Without a second thought, she wanted to decline the call but for some reason, she slid in the wrong direction and answered it instead.
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