My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 290

Chapter 290: Worried About Telling Her
Emma was bewildered when Bella abruptly halted her. She can’t help but ask, “Why on earth did you stop me, dear!?”

Bella quietly took a deep breath before replying, “Auntie, if you make a fuss now, my father will know my mother’s location. So, don’t make any calls. Please just give me a list of my mother’s best friends…”

Emma was stunned to hear that; she agreed with Bella. Her shameless brother Lucas could do anything to torture his wife again.

“Bella, you are absolutely right. If my stupid brother Lucas found Natalie, he might drag her back and torture her to discipline her.”

“Yes, my evil father might do that.”

The two of them fell silent again.

Emma was busy thinking about Natalie’s friends, who also happened to be her friends because she was in the same circle as Natalie.

Meanwhile, Bella’s mind suddenly filled with thoughts of Tristan. She needed to call him about this, too. It would be great if Tristan could help her find her mother.

Before long, Emma broke the silence. She said, “Alright, I will send you a few names. I hope you can find a new clue from them…”

“Thanks, Aunty—”

“Bella, I will fly back to East City today. I will also help you try to find your mother.”

Emma decided to return to East City because this was the best way to find Natalie. If she just sat at home without help, her heart and mind would not be able to calm down.

“Aunty, you—” Bella, unable to continue her words. She was surprised and worried about Aunty Emma’s decision, but she couldn’t stop her either. She could only tell her to be careful and not to arouse suspicion.

“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”

After they discussed several vital things, Bella finally ended the conversation. She continued to make a call, this time to her husband.

But strangely, Tristan’s calls went unanswered.

Bella looked at her cell phone screen for a moment, confused. Tristan always answered her calls right away, even if he was in a meeting. But why didn’t he answer?

After she got a list of names from her aunt Emma and passed them to Stefan, Bella put her cell phone on the table. She tried to divert her worries about her mother by reading some documents.

A few minutes later.

Bella’s concentration was interrupted; her phone rang, breaking the silence.

When she saw it was Stefan calling, she immediately picked up.

Before she could say anything, Stefan’s voice could be heard from the other end, “Sister Bella, I found your mother…”

Instantly, Bella stood from her seat, trying to calm her nerves to hear Stefan’s news. But her stuttering tone betrayed her. “Wh-Where is she? Is she safe?” she asked nervously.

“Sis, don’t be too shocked, alright…” Stefan’s worried voice rang from the other end, causing Bella to grip her phone tightly. “Yes, I found your mother. And she is in the hospital.”

“Ho-Hospital…?”

“Yes, hospital…” Stefan began to explain.

Stefan was worried about telling Bella what he had just discovered, but he couldn’t hide it from her, right?

He started to inform her that her mother was now meeting with a doctor.

When he checked Natalie Wright’s medical records, he was shocked to find out that she was suffering from a terminal illness; she had stage three cancer.

After a few minutes, Stefan concluded his report.

However, he didn’t hear Bella’s reaction and started worrying about her.

“Sister, are you there?” Stefan asked.

Still, he didn’t hear any answer, and his worry grew more apparent. He asked again, “Sis, are you alright? If you do not respond to me now, I will go down—”

“I’m fine,” Bella softly said, but her shaking hand could not hide how shocked she was after hearing that her mother had stage three cancer.

“Are you really all right, sis?” Stefan asked again. He was worried about continuing to tell her about another medical record he found.

“Yes, I’m fine. Thank you, Stefan, for your help…”

After hearing Bella’s calm voice, Stefan continued to inform her of what he had found out.

“Sis, I found out a post-mortem revealed that your mother experienced physical violence. Almost all of your mother’s body had bruises, including some internal injuries…”

Bella sneered inwardly while gritting her teeth. She could feel her blood boiling, wanting to vent her anger at her father, who had tortured her mother. How dare he!?

She opened her mouth several times to say something, but the anger in her chest faded all her sentences.

“I’m sorry, sis… I hope you are okay there,” Stefan felt bad about delivering this bad news to her. “Do you need anything?”

“Stefan, can you send me my mother’s medical report?”

“Sure.”

“And, please make sure you know where my mom went after the hospital. I need to know her exact location so I can ask Sam’s people to look after her…”

“Okay, sis… No worries.”

After ending the call with Stefan, Bella tried to call Tristan again, but his cell phone was still off.

She sighed deeply and put her cell phone in her bag.

“Tristan, where are you?” she asked herself after she couldn’t reach him, which disturbed her mind even more.

After taking care of some critical work, Bella took her bag and headed to Leo’s office.

Since she couldn’t reach Tristan, she needed Leo to arrange a jet so she could fly to the East immediately. She couldn’t let her mother suffer alone.

She had to help her mother and make sure she was in a safe place.

…

When Bella arrived at Leo’s office, she saw that he had just ended a call. She entered his office and walked toward his desk.

“Boss? Why you—” Before he could finish his sentence, Bella stopped him.

“Leo, I have to fly to East City now. Can you find an available jet for me?”

Leo was surprised to hear Bella’s sudden request. After seeing her unusual facial expression, he nodded and took his cell phone.

“Boss, you sit first. I need to make a quick call…”

Bella nodded and walked to the seating area, taking her cell phone to call Aunty Emma.