Chapter 37
Just as Nate neared the bed, Sharon lashed out and landed a sharp kick to Nate’s stomach.
He staggered back, crashing hard into the nearby table. Cups and glasses flew off its surface, shattering on the ground with a piercing clatter. Kelly instinctively moved to help him, but her injured hand couldn’t bear the strain, and she ended up tumbling
down with him.
She landed right in the middle of the broken shards.
At that moment, the hospital room door opened with a quiet click.
Carter stepped in.
He froze at the threshold, taking in the scene.
“What happened here?”
Nate was still on the floor, grimacing in pain. The sight of Carter ignited something in him. He leapt to his feet and pointed furiously at Sharon.
“Carter, she’s supposedly so weak and injured from the accident, but she still managed to knock both me and Kelly to the ground! She must be faking her injuries! She kicked me-fine, whatever. But Kelly’s still recovering from her injuries, and Sharon pushed her. Sharon’s plain evil!”
Carter glanced at Sharon, who was without a scratch, and then at Kelly, crumpled on the floor, her hands and feet cut from the glass shards. Long, red gashes marred her skin, blood oozing down in thin streams.
She didn’t cry out but bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes as she struggled to sit up. Her injured arm made it nearly impossible. The more she tried, the more the glass bit into her, leaving fresh trails of red.
Carter’s expression darkened. He bent down and gently lifted Kelly into his arms.
“Clean up the glass,” he said flatly to Nate. “I’ll take Kelly to get treated.”
Nate looked like he wanted to say more-spit more venom at Sharon-but when he turned, she had already closed her eyes again, face detached, as if none of this had anything to do with her.
He scoffed under his breath and motioned for someone to clean up the mess. He wasn’t doing it out of concern that Sharon might get hurt. No-he simply knew that once Carter was done with Kelly, he’d come back for Sharon.
And then the real storm would begin.
An hour later, Carter and Kelly returned.
Kelly, who had been able to walk earlier, was now seated in a wheelchair.
Sharon looked up briefly, then dropped her gaze again and unlocked her phone, scrolling as if the world around her didn’t exist.
Her cold indifference made Carter’s brow tighten slightly.
“Sharon,” he said, “don’t you have anything to say?”
She didn’t even look up. “No.”
Nate, pushing the wheelchair, exploded. “Of course she doesn’t! She’s the one who did it! What is there to explain? First, she rammed her car into Kelly’s, now she’s pushed Kelly into broken glass. If that doesn’t show how vicious she is, what does?!”
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Chapter 37
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Carter looked at Sharon. “Is that true?”
She still didn’t raise her head. “Whatever you say.”
Her tone made it obvious she wasn’t even trying to pretend anymore.
Kelly’s eyes filled with tears again.
“I know Sharon has always misunderstood my relationship with Carter. But I can explain. We’re not what you think we are…”
Sharon’s brow twitched. She looked at Kelly with a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes.
“Kelly,” she said quietly, “are you sure about that?”
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