The rest of the family followed his gaze, and there they saw Serena.
Tears brimmed in Serena's eyes as she instinctively cried out, "Grandma, Grandpa."
Her voice was choked with emotion.
Bernard and Cornelia caught sight of her propped up in the hospital bed, her complexion ashen, limbs swathed in bandages. A complex expression flickered in their eyes.
In that complexity, there was not a trace of pity.
Serena's tears fell as she turned to look at the couple she once called her parents, her voice hoarse as she tried once more, "Dad, Mom."
Kenneth and Louisa turned away as if they hadn't seen her, without a single word of response. It seemed as though they had long become strangers to her.
As Serena's tears continued to fall, she looked to her older brothers, her voice small and tentative,
"Hunter?"
Hunter' expression remained indifferent, his voice as calm as ever, "You're no longer a part of the Collins family, and I'm not your brother."
