John Howlett heard the movement below, his face couldn't help but sink, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head to look at Victor behind him, and said slowly.

"Your dad is drunk again, Victor, and you should send him home."

It turned out that the person who smashed the door below turned out to be Victor's father, Thomas Rogan, who was also the former gardener of the manor.

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

"It's not me he's calling, 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 is a heavy drinker, often drunk, and when drunk, he will beat Victor, and his mother was beaten to death by his father when he was very young, so Victor has no love in his father's heart, only hatred.

From Thomas, Victor did not feel the love of any relatives, only endless beatings and scolding, and he preferred to be by James Howlett's side than at home, and this boy who grew up with him like a younger brother had a much better relationship with him than Thomas, the so-called father.

It is only in James that Victor can feel the taste of family affection and care.

This is also the reason why he saw the warm picture of Howlett and his son getting along before, his expression was complicated, and he was envious, but he was not jealous.

Although he is just James Howlett's playmate, Victor Rogan really treats him as a younger brother, puts the love that he did not feel in his father and family on the innocent little James, cares and protects him like a real brother, and only with him can Victor feel the remaining warmth of this world.

At this time, Thomas was drunk again and came to harass Elizabeth, if he did what John Howlett said to send Thomas home, he would be greeted by another beating, he didn't want to see Thomas, let alone go home with him, so Victor refused without hesitation.

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

"Daddy!"

James Howlett leaned out of bed and cried out in some panic.

"Stay there, James!"

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

"Daddy!"

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

While a few people were talking, there was a constant quarrel downstairs, and Victor also felt that something was not going well, and was worried that something was really wrong, so he followed John Howlett and walked out quickly.

When the door was about to close, Victor looked at James on the bed with a panicked face, and the expression on his face was also a little flustered, he didn't expect John Howlett to go down alone in anger, without even calling the servant.

His father and James's father are facing each other, if there is a real fight, the result will definitely not be too good, in case Mr. Howlett is injured, James must be very sad, he knew that this is the case, he should have promised to come down just now, take Thomas home, it's a big deal to be beaten, anyway, he is used to it, and the injuries on his body will heal in a few days.

But there was no time to think about it at this time, and after taking a deep look at James, Victor closed the door and chased after John Howlett, and walked quickly through the hallway, towards the downstairs.

James Howlett sat on the bed and watched as the door closed, leaving him alone, and the sound of quarrels could still be heard downstairs, both familiar to him, none other than his mother Elizabeth and Victor's father, Thomas.

"Stay away from me!"

"Come with me now! You've never loved him! ”

……

Listening to the angry quarrel downstairs, James leaned back on the bed with a panicked face, his hands tightly clutched the quilt on his body, and his eyes were always firmly fixed on the door.

Soon, he heard his father's voice scolding.

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

However, just as John Howlett had finished speaking, a dull gunshot suddenly rang out.

"Bang!"

James was shocked by the sudden sound of gunshots, and immediately reacted, and no longer caring about anything, he quickly lifted the quilt and ran off the bed, opened the door and ran briskly downstairs.

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

James Howlett was running down the hallway, and his mother's mournful wail was coming from the end of the hallway, making James's heart even more anxious and panicked.

When he ran to the handrail of the stairs at the end of the corridor and leaned down into the hall below, he saw his mother, Elizabeth, who was wearing white pajamas and whose belt seemed to be being ripped open in the tugging, was being pulled by Victor's father, Thomas, towards the door, and in Thomas's hand, he was holding a shotgun!

John Howlett, who had just descended the stairs, lay on the floor not far in front of them, a 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 fell to the ground, knelt beside him, and leaned over to check in a hurry.

John Howlett was not yet dead, and when he saw James appear in front of him, he looked up at him with great 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 sparkle in his eyes quickly dissipated, and the hand holding James's clothes was weakly loosened, and the raised head fell weakly back to the ground, lying on the cold floor, gradually losing its vitality.

"No!"

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 and let Thomas in.

Perhaps, 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 instead said to James, who was still kneeling beside John Howlett.

"There are some things you don't understand!"