Marcus looked at his three brothers with bloodshot eyes. "You kept wanting us to plead mercy for you! What are the good things I can say about you guys?"
As Marcus spoke, two rows of tears also streamed down his face. "Keegan! Caelus! Lokni! Do you know that Aino had already returned to her parents' side last night? Do you know how frightened she, a child, was? Do you know how much she had suffered to get down from that mountain? She is still a child! Her ankle was sprained! She had eaten for an entire day! She was so hungry that she wolfed down her food while crying at the same time! How could you bear to abduct your own niece? How could you bear with that?"
The three brothers were instantly stunned when they heard Marcus saying that. They had never expected that Aino would actually use her wits to return to her parents. It was truly hilarious! The child had already gone back to her parents’ side, but they still put up an act and called Sebastian to increase the price. What a joke!
Marcus continued, "Keegan! No matter what, it was already the greatest surprise to Sabrina and Sebastian that Aino was able to return safely! She was fine and it was just a false alarm! Dad, Mom, and I were still able to shamelessly plead for Sebastian's mercy for the sake of you guys."
"You...you guys pleaded for mercy for us yesterday?" asked Keegan.
"Of course!" Marcus hysterically scolded his own brother. "If not, what do you think? You're a bunch of idiots! Idiots!"
The three brothers were speechless.
Marcus' tone was beyond hopeless. "Dad and Mom already went all out and shamelessly pleaded for Sebastian's mercy for your sake. They almost wanted to kneel in front of him! I have also pleaded mercy for you guys! As long as Sebastian promised not to hold all of you responsible, to be honest, we would have no complaints no matter what we were asked to do, even if we were driven out of the borders.
However, do you know what Sebastian said to us? "
"What else can he say? We have already experienced Sebastian's coldness, viciousness, and heartlessness! We indeed had abducted his daughter, but she is safe and unharmed! If he truly is a man with a conscience and valued relationships, then he should not hold us responsible! A man like him was even able to kill all of his own biological brothers. Even if we were to kneel before him and beg a hundred times, he may not even be willing to let us go! Is that not the case?" Keegan said with annoyance.
"Ha!" Marcus almost wanted to spit on his eldest brother's face.
"Keegan! You are asking for death yourself! You truly are asking to be killed! You guys... All three of you had been living abroad for so many years for nothing! Grandpa and our parents had put in so much effort to support you and let you guys live abroad. In the end, you guys are going to let them watch their children die before them!"
Once they heard that, the three brothers were so frightened that they fell to the ground. After a while, the third brother, Lokni, stuttered, "Is...Sebastian...r-really going to kill us?"
Marcus' tone was miserable. "Originally, he did not intend to hold you guys responsible.
"What?" The three brothers were all stunned at once!
"Yes! You heard it right!" Marcus broke down and shouted angrily, "Originally, Sebastian saw that his daughter had returned safe and unharmed, so he did not intend to hold you guys responsible! When our parents and I pleaded for Sebastian's mercy at the hospital, do you know what he said?"
The three brothers looked at Marcus at the same time and they asked in unison, "What did he say?"
"Sebastian said that if you were to behave and return to the Shaw Residence, he promised that he would not hold you guys responsible! However, he was just afraid that you guys would pull some other tricks. He said that if he had guessed it right, you guys would be making plans to abduct his sons!" Marcus said in despair.
The faces of the three brothers instantly turned pale. They were speechless.
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