Chapter 38
Kelly wiped at the corners of her eyes. “Sharon, I know you’ve always held a grudge over the past I shared with Carter. But that’s all behind us now… It’s over. Everyone has a past. Is it really so hard to forgive something that’s already gone?”
Her pupils quivered faintly. “Or is it that you won’t be satisfied until I’m dead?”
Sharon looked up, a quiet smile curving on her lips.
“Well then,” she said lightly. “Go ahead. Die.”
Carter’s face darkened. “Sharon!”
She let out a low, mocking laugh. “What’s with that face, Carter? She’s the one who said it first, didn’t she? Not me. Or do people only ever blame others when someone decides to die?”
Kelly’s eyes flew wide. Tears streamed from them in thick, heavy drops. Then, suddenly, she shot up from the wheelchair and bolted toward the window.
“If Sharon wants me to die, then I’ll die!”
“Kelly, don’t do anything stupid!” Nate cried out, panicked, rushing to stop her.
Carter’s expression was ice-cold as he stepped in and blocked her path. His voice came sharp and low. “Kelly, what the hell are you doing?”
Her face was wild, on the edge of hysteria. “I know Sharon hates me! If she wants me dead so badly, then just let me die! Let go of me! Let me go!”
“Calm down,” Carter said through clenched teeth.
But Kelly couldn’t hear anything anymore. Her sobs racked her body as she screamed, “I never should’ve come back! I never should’ve shown my face to you again!”
The room descended into chaos, Kelly flailing and shrieking, everyone shouting over each other-until a laugh sliced through
the noise, crisp as shattered ice.
“Well, since Mr. Biggs doesn’t want you to die,” Sharon said with a light, sunny voice, “then how about this instead—go eat
shit?”
She smiled sweetly at Kelly. “You seem to take my words very seriously, Kelly. Surely you won’t refuse this one, will you?” 1
Nate was furious, trembling with rage as he pointed at her.
“Sharon, this is too much!”
Sharon raised her brows, feigning confusion. “I told her to die, and she tried. Now I’m being kind and letting her live-yet you’re all still unhappy. Why? Do you think it’s better if she actually goes through with it?”
Her voice paused. Then her eyes lit up with mock realization. “Oh, I get it now. You all think she should’ve gone ahead and died. Is that it?”
“You-Sharon, you-” Nate’s eyes burned red, his jaw clenched so tightly it trembled. But in the end, he was so infuriated, he couldn’t even get the words out.
Carter’s gaze turned dark, his tone low and menacing. “Sharon. Enough.”
Her laugh turned cold, and the smile faded from her face. Something in her expression shifted.
“The ones who should back off,” she said flatly, “are you.”
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Her stare landed on Carter, sharp and unforgiving.
“I haven’t even started with you yet, and you’ve all barged into my room, throwing tantrums like children. Carter, ever heard the saying? The one who strikes first is always the scum.”
She didn’t blink. Her voice was deadly calm.
“Don’t tell me Kelly didn’t deserve to be pushed. Because even if I did push her, she had it coming.”
Carter’s face went rigid. He opened his mouth, ready to speak-but just then, the door to the hospital room swung open.
“What’s going on in here? What’s with the noise?” A deep voice came from the doorway.
Everyone turned.
Xavier stepped in, pausing when he saw the room full of people. His eyes passed over the tear-streaked Kelly, the furious Nate, and Carter standing stiff and silent.
It didn’t take long for him to piece it together.
He gave a faint smile. “Sorry, but the doctor said Sharon still needs to rest. Whatever it is, save it for after she’s discharged.”
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