Chapter 373 Gunshots in the Manor!

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John Howlett heard the movement below, his face sank involuntarily, and he suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head to look at Victor behind him, and said slowly.

"Your father is drunk again, Victor, and you should take him home."

It turned out that the one who knocked down the door was Victor's father and former gardener of the manor, Thomas Logan.

However, when Victor heard that it was his father who was shouting the name of the hostess of the manor, the expression on his face became very angry. After hearing John Howlett's words, he did not follow what he said. Do, but said with some gritted teeth.

"It wasn't me who he called, sir!"

When he said this, Victor's eyes even revealed a kind of hatred and disgust. Obviously, his father was not good to him, or to be precise, very bad!

Thomas Rogan was addicted to alcohol and would often get drunk, and when he was drunk, he would beat Victor hard. His mother was beaten to death by his father when he was very young. So for his father, Victor had no love in his heart, only hatred.

From Thomas, Victor could not feel any love from his family, only endless beatings and scolding. Compared with his family, he was more willing to be by James Howlett's side, who grew up with him and was like a younger brother. The boy's relationship with him was much better than that of Thomas, the so-called father.

Only in James, Victor can feel the taste of family affection and concern.

This is also the reason why he had a complicated look when he saw the warm pictures of Howlett and his son getting along before, and he was envious, but he was not jealous.

Although only James Howlett's playmate, Victor Logan really regarded him as a younger brother, and put the love he didn't feel in his father and family on the innocent little James. , caring and protecting him like a real brother, only with him can Victor feel the remaining warmth of this world.

At this time, Thomas was drunk and came to harass Elizabeth. If he followed John Howlett to send Thomas home, he would be greeted with another beating. He didn't want to see Thomas, and he didn't want to go back to him. home, so Victor refused without hesitation.

When John Howlett heard Victor's words and thought of Thomas' harassment of his wife, he couldn't help but get angry. He suddenly stood up from the bed, opened the door and strode towards the door.

"dad!"

James Howlett leaned up from the bed and shouted in panic.

"Stay there, James!"

John Howlett turned around and reached out to stop James, then turned his head out the door.

"dad!"

James shouted again, but John Howlett was already out of the room.

Just as the few people were talking, there was a constant quarrel coming from downstairs, and Victor also felt that something was wrong. Worried that something might really happen, he followed John Howlett and walked quickly. out.

When the door was closing, Victor looked at James, who was panic-stricken on the bed. His face was also a little flustered. He didn't expect John Howlett to go down alone in anger, without even calling the servant.

My father and James' father are facing each other. If there is a real fight, the result will not be very good. If Mr. Howlett is injured, James will be very sad. If I knew this was the case, I should have done it just now. He agreed to take Thomas home, and he would be beaten. He was used to it anyway, and the wounds on his body would heal in a few days.

But it was too late to think about this at this time, and took a deep look at James, Victor closed the door and followed behind John Howlett, hurried across the corridor, and hurried downstairs.

James Howlett was sitting on the bed, watching the door close. He was the only one left in the room. The quarrels continued downstairs. The two voices were familiar to him. It was his mother. Elizabeth and Victor's father Thomas.

"leave me alone!"

"Follow me now! You never loved him!"

...

Hearing the angry quarrel downstairs,

James leaned back on the bed with a panic-stricken face, clutching the quilt tightly in his hands, his eyes fixed on the door all the time.

Soon, he heard his father's voice scolding sharply.

"I told you, don't come back here again!"

However, just as John Howlett finished speaking, a dull gunshot suddenly sounded.

"boom!"

James was shocked by the sudden sound of gunfire, and then reacted immediately, without caring about anything, he quickly lifted the quilt and ran off the bed, opened the door and ran downstairs with bare feet.

The door of the room closed slowly behind him, and on both sides of the door, on the left and right walls, hung a portrait of an animal, one was a tiger and the other was a wolf!

James Howlett was running in the corridor, and his mother's screams were coming from the end of the corridor, which made James even more anxious and panicked.

When he ran to the handrail of the stairs at the end of the corridor and leaned into the hall below, he saw that the bare mother Elizabeth, in white pajamas, the belt seemed to be torn apart in the pulling, was being taken by Victor's father. Thomas pulled to the door, and in Thomas's hand was holding a shotgun!

And John Howlett, who had just come downstairs, lay down on the floor not far in front of them, with bright red blood oozing from his chest.

Ignoring his mother Elizabeth, who was being pulled by Thomas, James ran down the stairs barefoot, rushed to John Howlett, who was on the ground, knelt beside him, and leaned over anxiously to check.

John Howlett was not dead yet. Seeing James appearing in front of him, he raised his head to look at him with difficulty, and at the same time stretched out his right hand and grabbed his clothes tightly.

"James..."

John Howlett's eyes revealed infinite love and worry, but soon, the look in his eyes quickly dissipated, the hand that was holding James' clothes also loosened weakly, and the raised head also fell back weakly. The ground, lying on the cold floor, gradually lost its vitality.

"Do not!"

Elizabeth shook her head in pain. She never thought that things would turn out like this. If she had known, she would never have opened the door to let Thomas in.

Maybe she shouldn't have made that mistake in the first place!

"James!"

Thomas, who was holding Elizabeth, did not seem to have any remorse for killing John Howlett, but said to James who was still kneeling beside John Howlett.

"There are things you don't understand!"

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