Ch. 616..620: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 616-620

Chapter 616

They hid behind Aaron's back and stared at the barricaded door. The couch and the broom were the only two things stopping their mother from killing them.

Aaron was still on the line with the 911 operator. After a long silence, the operator assured him, "The officers will arrive soon. Stay with me, okay?"

**

Chelsea knew that she was done for. She failed to kill her sons, but she also couldn't escape jail time because when she looked over her shoulder, she saw her mother's lifeless body.

She gritted her teeth, "I refuse to end in jail. I deserve my happy life with Vincent!"

Chelsea struggled to get up and then walked away. She walked over to her mother's dead body and opened the front door with the key in her pocket.

She knew the police would eventually come to her house and arrest her for murder, but she had her own Superman to save her.

She didn't have time to wear shoes. Besides, her sprained ankle was in so much pain it'd probably only hinder her step.

She walked out of the triple-decker apartment and winced when her bare feet stepped on the snow. She looked around and was a little relieved there were no police around yet.

She headed to the park, where she had met Vincent about an hour ago. She tried to reach her pocket to use her phone, so she could call her beloved future husband, but she couldn't find it.

"W—Where is my phone?" Chelsea asked herself. "Did I drop it somewhere? Did it accidentally slip out of my pocket when I killed that old hag?"

Chelsea twisted her back to look at the apartment behind her. She gritted her teeth, there was no more time, and she doubted she could climb the staircase as fast as possible with a sprained ankle.

So she decided to walk to the park where her beloved Vincent was waiting.

"I—I failed, but I know that he will help me," Chelsea said as she pushed herself to continue walking.

There was a trace of blood on the snowy ground, but that wasn't hers. It was her mother's blood that pooled on the floor, and Chelsea stepped on it when she tried to make a run.

She could hear the siren coming from at least three police cars as she walked away from her house. Fortunately, they didn't see Chelsea in the middle of a dark road. They just raided the apartment as soon as possible, giving time for Chelsea to finally reach the park.

"Vincent will tell those cops to go, and he will protect me. He will never allow me to go to jail, just as he promised," Chelsea kept telling herself because she was so scared. "I—I will try to kill those little shits again if I get another chance. But I have to reach him now or else they'll catch me."

Chelsea finally reached the spot where she met Vincent. There was a big smile as she expected Vincent to be there, waiting for her.

But her smile quickly faltered when she saw nobody under the lamppost. There was no sight of that handsome man with a suit and long jacket, smiling at her with his arms open.

"M—Maybe he changes his spot somewhere. It's so cold after all," Chelsea tried to maintain her hope. She started looking around for Vincent. She ignored the pain in her leg and called his name many times.

"Vincent, where are you?"

"Vincent, come out now. I—I failed to kill my sons. I successfully killed my mother. That's good enough, right?"

"Vincent, please help me, that little shit—Aaron, called the cops, they're raiding my apartment now, and they'll probably find me soon."

"Vincent, please, I need you… Vincent…"

Chelsea felt that her legs had given up on her. She slumped on the snowy ground, feeling hopeless as the realization soon shattered her dream.

She darted to the spot where Vincent had parked his car before, and it was nowhere to be seen anymore.

Thus, Chelsea finally understood that she had been tricked by Vincent into killing her own family in exchange for love.

"So it was all lies…." Chelsea murmured depressingly. "All of your sweet words, all of your promises were all fake…."

Chelsea remembered her younger days when she fell in love with Tommy.

She had just graduated from university, searching for a job. She bumped into Tommy in one coffee shop after feeling awful jealousy since she had to witness her sister marrying the handsome, young, and rich Vincent Gray.

Tommy was also a fresh graduate, looking for a job just like her. He wasn't handsome or charming. He wasn't even rich.

But he had a trait that was similar to Vincent, and that was his politeness.

Tommy was very polite and soft-spoken, which gave him the air of a refined man. Chelsea quickly fell into it because she thought that Tommy would eventually become like Vincent if he tried hard enough while finding jobs.

She was naive and got pregnant a year later, so they had to marry out of wedlock.

Chelsea laughed, "I was thinking about you when I had sex with that bastard Tommy. You're the man in my dream, Vincent Gray. I can't even hide my envy and anger whenever I see you with Chloe," Chelsea confessed. "I feel like I could claw that bitch's face because she doesn't deserve a man like you. You belong with me! You belong to marry a woman that has been in love with you since we were young!"

"So I—I was so happy when you finally put me in your eyes after Chloe left. I thought… it's finally my time to have you…." Chelsea murmured. "But it was all a trick, huh? You never put me in your eyes, you just want to see me suffer…."

"… Vincent... my Vincent, I love you so much. Why did you do this to me? WHY?!"

Chelsea felt something in her mind snapped, and she howled in the middle of the night.

The police finally found her crying, laughing, and screaming Vincent's name.

She became truly mad.

Chapter 617

The officers started searching through the apartment. The first thing they found was the lifeless body of an old woman that had been stabbed in the back at least three times. They shrouded her lifeless body as soon as possible and then started investigating.

There were bloodied footsteps all over the floor, presumably from the killer, which based on the 911 call from the child, was done by the crazed mother.

The officers came in six, and four were dispatched to track the mother, who already ran away. Meanwhile, the two officers followed the bloodied footsteps that led to a locked door.

The officers stood at each side of the door. They looked at each other for a split second before the male officer tried to open the door, which surprisingly was locked inside.

Thus, the female officer tried to knock on the door.

"W—Who's there!?"

They heard a boy's voice, presumably around six or seven years old. They also heard gasps from other boys inside the room. So they quickly identified them as the sons who called 911.

"This is the police. You can open the door now," the female officer said.

"H—How about our mother? Where is she?" Aaron asked while on full guard.

"She ran away, the other officers are searching for her," the male officer replied. "Please open the door. It's okay, it's all safe now."

Aaron looked over his shoulder and saw her little brothers hiding behind him. They were so scared they didn't even dare to speak.

"We are safe now. Nothing will hurt us anymore," Aaron said as he tried to pacify his brothers.

"But what will we do next, Big bro? Mommy is evil, Gran is…." Nathan almost cried when he remembered all the evil screams and curses that their Mommy had made before. Their Mommy claimed that she killed Gran with a knife, and their big brother had also witnessed Gran's death.

Aaron went silent for a while and then replied, "We have Boss Mackie. We also have Aunt Chloe. She will protect us."

"She will?"

"She promises me that she will…." Aaron said. Though he was just a child, he could sense that Aunt Chloe was genuine to them and seemed happy taking care of them as well.

"Um, okay then, let's go to Aunty. She will take care of us…."

"Yeah, I miss Aunty."

"I want to eat her cooking again…."

Thus, the boys were pacified by the idea that their Aunt would care for them.

Truthfully, they always had more fun and joy whenever their Mommy shoved them all to Aunt Chloe, so they had to spend the whole day with her.

She was very patient and sweet, but she also looked fragile. So the boys dared not make too much of a mess because they didn't want to make their Aunt sad, and Boss Mackie would scold them if they did.

After the boys were pacified, they worked together to push the couch away and then pulled the broom to unlock the door.

Aaron opened the door from inside and slowly pushed the door open.

The officers saw four boys, the biggest one at the front, while his little brothers hid behind him. They looked terrified, but thankfully, none of them seemed to get hurt.

They crouched to cover the sight of the boys, then each carried two boys in their arms.

"Close your eyes now, okay?" The officer instructed, making sure they wouldn't be able to see their grandmother's corpse.

The three younger ones covered their eyes instantly, but Aaron refused to.

He rested his chin on the officer's shoulder and stared at the corpse of his Gran that had been covered with a black shroud.

He already saw her dying, so it didn't disturb him too much after the first shock.

But the image of his crazed mother and Gran struggling to save Aaron by holding his crazy mother's ankle would haunt the little boy's dream. It was a nightmare worthy of a lifetime.

The officers put them inside their car and said, "We're going to the police station where it's very safe. You guys can rest assured."

The little boys nodded and sat silently while Aaron asked, "What about Mommy? Will she go to jail?"

"…" The officers looked at each other and replied, "We will see."

"Please don't let my mother see us anymore," Aaron asked. "She wants to kill us. I don't want my brothers to get hurt either…."

The officers were shocked by how much understanding this six-year-old boy had. They pitied him so much, knowing Aaron must've gone through a lot since he was the oldest.

He was probably the one who witnessed everything and also called 911. It must've taken a huge mental toll on him.

"She will never see all of you anymore. She will be in jail… for a long time," the officer said. They also got the news from the other officer that they had found the mother crying and howling like a madwoman in the middle of the park.

She kept yelling Vincent Gray's name for an unknown reason, so they'd have to investigate further for the motive of the murder of an elderly woman and attempted murder of four little boys, something that was unthinkable to be done by a mother.

The officers didn't want the little boys to see their mother because they might get hysterical, so they drove away before the officers who arrested Chelsea returned.

**

The boys were escorted to a different room, but the younger ones were allowed to rest. So they only interviewed the oldest one.

Aaron told them everything, from the moment their mother became a bit weird after their father's abandonment to the attack that led to her disfigured face, Uncle Vincent Gray's help for the family, and then the abuse they suffered under her hands.

He told them about the murder of his Gran and also how their mother tried to open the door to no avail because the boys had already barricaded it.

 

Chapter 618

After all this interview, the police asked, "Do you have any family you can call?"

Truthfully, the police didn't expect the little boy to have any contact or living relatives. Based on their investigation, his father abandoned them, and he also had no living relatives.

Meanwhile, the mother's side had Vincent Gray and his wife, which they discovered to be named Chloe Gray.

But they couldn't give the four boys with Vincent Gray now because of his status as a suspect since Chelsea kept on yelling his names repeatedly until she almost lost her voice.

Meanwhile, they got no contact with Chloe Gray. It seemed they had been estranged as well.

Aaron paused briefly and nodded slowly, "I want to meet my Aunt."

"Your Aunt?"

"Mm, Aunt Chloe…" Aaron said. "She is Mommy's sister. Uncle Vincent's wife."

The police sighed, "I'm sorry, young man. But we don't have her number, and we don't know if your Uncle Vincent will allow us to meet her."

Aaron shook his head, "Uncle and Aunt had a fight. Aunt is living alone right now…." Aaron replied as he remembered how his Gran wept nonstop for days because Uncle Vincent told them that Aunt Chloe cheated and left the house, which Aaron didn't believe.

Because Aunt Chloe was very kind, just the idea of her hurting someone was just unthinkable.

"I see…" the office coughed once to relieve the awkwardness and added, "Still, we don't have her contact. We can't call her."

"Um… I have it…." Aaron said. He fished a piece of paper inside his breast pocket and then gave it to the officer. "Please call this number, Sir. I met Aunt Chloe in the hospital today, and she gave me that number in case I needed help."

"And I… I need help…." Aaron said with a low voice. He lowered his head ashamedly, and his body started shaking as he felt vulnerable. "I want to meet Aunt Chloe. I really want to see her right now."

The officer picked up the piece of paper and read the number written inside.

He gave the little boy a pitiful look. He must've trusted his Aunt a lot to be looking for her to find safety in his heart after a painful night.

So he nodded, "Let me call her. Please wait here."

The officer left the investigation room and used his phone to call the number.

**

Chloe felt restless tonight.

She had been feeling restless since dinner ended, because she argued with Vernon about keeping the boys with her because Chelsea was abusive towards her children. But Vernon rejected the idea of allowing them to live here—in the Phoenix Tower.

Because he didn't want to raise any suspicion from Vincent, especially not at a crucial moment like this when he already planned to go full throttle to launch many of his secret projects to topple his Big Brother's businesses.

She knew that Vernon was the voice of logic, and she might be using her emotion a bit too much. But she just couldn't bear to see her little nephews get beaten by Chelsea.

She stared at the ceiling, thinking about Aaron, who had been slapped so hard by Chelsea today that his cheek was swollen when she met him.

She had a feeling that something terrible would happen soon, and she couldn't save the boys when they needed her.

Chloe checked her phone, thinking of unblocking her mother and Chelsea to see if they could negotiate about the boys. But then she remembered Chelsea's anger when she saw her, so there was no room for negotiation.

"Heck, I think Chelsea will only beat the boys even harder if I call her to talk about it…." Chloe sighed.

She was idle for a while, staring at the ceiling, until there was a phone call.

"Is it Dorothea? Does she need something?" Chloe wondered. She grabbed her phone and checked the caller, then frowned when she saw an unknown number.

She became cautious whenever a random number appeared on her phone after knowing Vincent was searching for her.

But her gut feeling told her she had to pick this up, or she'd regret it.

So she took a deep breath and accepted the call.

—

"H—Hello, who is this?" Chloe asked.

"Good evening, am I speaking with Mrs. Chloe Gray?"

"Ah—" It had been a while since someone called her Chloe Gray since she had abandoned that last name.

"Oh, pardon me, my name is Officer Derek from the New York Police department. I got your number from your nephew named Aaron Davis, Ma'am," the officer said.

Chloe's eyes widened, "Police department?! W—What happened to him? Is he okay?!"

"Calm down, Ma'am. Aaron and the other three boys are okay, though they are shaken by the incident that happened."

"What incident?"

"…" Officer Derek took a deep breath and replied, "Ma'am, I suggest you come here and let us explain it to you. But I should tell you that the little boys—especially the oldest one, really need you in here, right now. Please pity them."

"I—I will be there as soon as possible!" Chloe sprung up from her bed and grabbed her jacket on the hanger.

"Then I will send the address via text, thank you, Ma'am."

Beep.

—

The officer finally hung up, and Chloe quickly put her phone in her pocket.

She grabbed her wallet but couldn't find her car key.

"Shit, I forgot that Vernon doesn't allow me to drive alone anymore," Chloe panicked. "Then I have to borrow his car. Hopefully he's already asleep."

Chloe rushed upstairs to find Vernon's car key, but she was greeted by Vernon sitting in the living room with a laptop on his lap.

Vernon frowned when he saw Chloe's panicked face. She wore a jacket and flip-flop, indicating that she wanted to go out.

He frowned and asked, "Where are you going? It's almost midnight, and it's freezing outside."

Chloe tried to stabilize her breath before replying, "I—I need to borrow your car, Vernon. I need to go somewhere."

Chapter 619

Vernon's frown got deeper, and he said, "If you want to buy something from a convenience store, just call the front desk, and they will bring it to you."

"N—No, I…" Chloe wondered if she had to be honest because she knew Vernon wouldn't allow her to go if he knew the real reason. But she had promised herself to be more truthful to him, so they wouldn't misunderstand each other.

Thus, she replied, "I… I have to go to a police station."

Vernon raised his brows subconsciously, "Why? What happened?"

"Something bad happened to my family. An officer called me, saying that Aaron gave him my phone number, because he—and the rest of the boys, need me so much right now."

Vernon's eyes darkened instantly, "Did he call you with an official number from the NYPD?"

Chloe shook her head.

"Did he specify what kind of incident happened to your nephews?"

Chloe shook her head again.

"It's a trap," Vernon said curtly. "Don't fall for it."

"B—But, they need me. Vernon, please let me just borrow your car and I'll go alone."

"I won't allow it," Vernon tried to busy himself by returning his gaze to his laptop, indicating that he was not open for any more discussion. "It's obviously a trap set up by Maria or Vincent. They're using your emotion to bait you out."

"But he called my number! You know that I've changed my number and none of them know about it!" Chloe insisted.

"Maybe they got it in some way. Vincent has connections everywhere, Chloe. It's not hard for him to find your phone number if he really tries," Vernon said coldly. "We will have to change your phone number again after tomorrow morning."

"Vernon! This is serious!" Chloe yelled as she realized Vernon was seriously up to no discussion or negotiation. He ignored her words as if she was speaking bullshit right now.

Vernon finally closed his laptop and got up.

He walked towards Chloe and stood in front of her. He wasn't trying to be menacing, but his cold face was enough to scare anyone, including Chloe, who got a bit intimidated.

"And I am also very serious," Vernon said. "I know you have a high empathy. But this is obviously a trap, and I won't allow you to get hurt, Chloe."

Vernon remembered how much of an idiot he was for allowing Chloe to go to the Autumn Festival in Mackie's previous school, which ended up with her getting beaten up so badly her right hand had to be put in a cast for a month.

So he wouldn't let that happen no matter what.

Meanwhile, Chloe grew increasingly desperate. She had to see what happened with the boys, or else she would feel awful guilt.

"Vernon, please…"

"No," Vernon refused again. "I'll have someone investigate Chelsea tomorrow, but you're not allowed to leave tonight."

Chloe was finally at her wit's end, "Fine then. I'll just call an Uber!"

Chloe rushed to the front door but wasn't fast enough compared to Vernon, who dashed to block the main door with his large body frame, "You're not going anywhere."

Chloe glared at Vernon. She adored him so much usually, but she was in such a desperate situation right now that she simply found him annoying.

She turned around, intending to go downstairs and leave from the door to her apartment.

But Vernon quickly caught her waist, "Chloe, stop this!"

Chloe looked over her shoulder and snapped, "Vernon, let me go now! I have to see them!"

"You're going to be in danger! I won't allow you!" Vernon yelled back as Chloe started struggling.

Chloe knew that she wasn't on par with Vernon regarding strength. Thus, after so much struggle, she finally gave up and murmured, "Vernon, I… I can't just ignore them. They are my nephews. They are four innocent boys that I've helped to raise since they were just newborns."

Vernon's lips thinned.

Honestly, he also felt reluctant to argue with Chloe in any way. Each time they had a fight or argument, Vernon felt there was a big hole in his heart that kept on bleeding until they made up.

There was an urge in his heart to just allow Chloe to do anything she liked, even if that meant putting himself in danger because he did everything for Chloe anyway.

But he couldn't do that when Chloe was in danger instead.

It gave him nightmares whenever he remembered how Chloe returned to him, beaten, yet still tried to pacify him not to find his Big bro to kill him instantly.

"Can you at least stay for tonight? I will investigate them tomorrow morning. So you don't need to worry," Vernon tried to persuade her. He pulled her deeper into his embrace and added. "I'm really worried, Chloe. I don't want to make the same mistake by allowing you to get trapped by Vincent again."

"I… I can't…." Chloe replied. "I'm sorry, Vernon. But I have a gut feeling. It tells me to find the boys tonight, or I will regret it. I'm sorry that my gut feeling might not be logical, but I can't stop it…."

'That's not a gut feeling. That's probably her motherly instinct…' Vernon thought.

He sighed.

He knew coming with Chloe right now was probably the worst idea he could ever do.

If this was a trap and they fell for it, then Vincent would find out that Vernon had been the mastermind behind all the instability in the Gray company and the one hiding Chloe for so long.

It would be the end of him.

Or even if Vincent wouldn't kill him now, Vernon certainly wouldn't be able to reach the height he wanted. He wouldn't be able to crush Vincent completely to the point that his Big brother wouldn't be able to recover anymore.

So it would be a lot harder for Vernon to give that full sense of security to Chloe…

'But I still won't let her go alone….'

Vernon took a deep breath and finally decided, "Alright, let's go now."

Chapter 620

"Alright, let's go now."

Chloe's eyes widened, "W--What do you mean by that? You want to accompany me?"

"Obviously," Vernon replied. He released his embrace and grabbed the car key from the drawer. "I won't let you go alone. It's too dangerous."

"But your safety--"

"Yours is more important to me," Vernon said. He grabbed Chloe's wrist, pulled her to leave the penthouse, and went straight to the basement, where the car was parked.

Vernon asked Chloe the address that the 'officer' sent just now. He was relieved that it was an actual police department near Judith and Chelsea's apartment.

Vernon drove the car while Chloe sat next to him in silence. Chloe lowered her head, ashamed because she didn't expect Vernon to tag in.

She just thought that Vernon would allow her to leave alone. She'd use his car or at least grab Uber.

Vernon parked the car in front of the police department according to the officer's address, "Alright, let's go in," Vernon said decisively.

But Chloe held his wrist to stop him from getting out of the car.

"You should stay here, Vernon," Chloe said.

"Huh, why?"

"Because someone inside might recognize you. I don't want your life to be in danger because you got exposed to come with me."

"And I don't want your life to be in danger as well," Vernon clicked his tongue. "Why do you keep sacrificing yourself like this?"

"I--I'm not sacrificing myself. I just don't want all of your hard work to get wasted because of this...." Chloe tried to persuade him now. "Just stay here and let me check inside. Don't worry, it's a police station, Vincent won't be able to do anything here."

"..."

Vernon was contemplating for a while. He still wanted to tag in to protect her.

But she was right.

This was a police station full of legal officers. No matter how powerful and influential Vincent could be, he couldn't make a scene here.

"I will storm in if you don't text or call me after ten minutes, okay?" Vernon set up a rule. "Just inform me if you're alright inside, so I'll be rest assured."

Chloe nodded, "I understand. I'll text you immediately," she opened the car door and then gave Vernon a quick kiss on the cheek, "Don't worry too much about me, Vernon," she said before she closed the door and headed to the police department entrance.

Vernon paused after he got the sudden kiss on the cheek. He watched Chloe's back as she entered the building and rested his forehead on the steering wheel, "That image of you getting injured has been imprinted in my mind, Chloe. I cannot not worry about you."

**

Chloe went inside the building and checked in at the front desk, "Excuse me, I am Chloe Gray. I got a call from Officer Derek regarding my nephews."

The officer at the front desk understood instantly. She escorted Chloe to meet a middle-aged, tall, black man wearing a police uniform.

"Mrs. Gray?" Officer Derek asked.

Chloe nodded, "Where are my nephews? Are they safe? What happened?"

"Follow me," Officer Derek said.

Chloe followed the officer inside his office and pointed to a long sofa where four boys were huddled together. They were already sleeping except Aaron, still wide awake, guarding his little brothers.

"Aaron!" Chloe called his name spontaneously, relieved after knowing that Aaron and the other boys were safe.

"Aunt Chloe!"

Aaron felt that he had seen an angel who came down from heaven to save him. Truly, after a frightening night with his crazed mother, Aaron only had Aunt Chloe in mind. Because he thought at least he and his brothers wouldn't be completely abandoned as long as Aunt Chloe was here.

He wanted to get up and hug his Aunt and cry in her arms, but he was still huddled with his brothers and didn't want to wake them up.

Chloe rushed to them and hugged them all in one big embrace, "Oh god, I'm so glad that you're all alright!"

The other boys finally woke up when they felt a warm body embracing them.

"Umm..."

"Aunty?"

"It's Aunty!"

The boys hugged her and buried their faces inside Chloe's chest and arms. They were so terrified when their mother wanted to kill them. They thought their lives were doomed because they had nowhere to go after this. But their oldest bro assured them that Aunt Chloe wouldn't leave them alone.

Aunt was a good person and was always there when they needed her the most.

Thankfully, their big bro was right.

Aunt Chloe would never abandon them.

The boys, except Aaron, started hogging Aunt Chloe all for themselves. They wanted a sense of security and finally obtained it with their Aunt.

Meanwhile, Aaron only stared at Aunt Chloe. He wanted to hug her too, but he was the oldest and didn't want to cry in front of his little brothers.

Chloe noticed Aaron's reluctance and said, "Come here, my boy. You've been through a lot. You need a hug."

Aaron was hesitant at first.

But he finally opened his arm and then hugged his Aunt Chloe.

The warm and secure sensation hit him, waking him up from the nightmare of a lifetime.

Tears dripped from the corner of his eyes, and he started sobbing to release the emotion he had been holding for so long.

"I'm so scared, Aunty. I thought I would die...." Aaron murmured in between his sobs. "My Mommy... she is..." Aaron couldn't continue his word anymore. He felt too sad whenever he remembered about his mother and Gran.

Chloe's heart was aching when she heard his sobs. He was the oldest, so he must be the one who protected his little brothers. The officer hadn't told Chloe anything about what happened yet, but she could grasp it from the boy's reaction when meeting her.

Chelsea must've gone insane.

"Ssh... you're not going to die, nobody is going to die. I will protect you," Chloe assured the boys.

She tried to look dependable because the boys needed it most. But she was also unsure of how to care for these four boys without Vernon's permission.