Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 36

Mrs. Hardy’s sudden move shocked everyone present.

She wrapped her arms around Larissa’s legs and shook her entire body vigorously. Larissa had never seen such a scene before. For a moment, she was unsure whether she should turn and leave or help her up first.

Mrs. Hardy raised her head and looked at her tearfully.

“Lari, come with me to the hospital! Just come and see Travis!”

Lari?

How intimate.

This was the first time Mrs. Hardy had called her that.

Whatever illness Travis had, it must be serious.

Mrs. Hardy, only she could save him

leukemia and needed her to donate her bone marrow for him? Or perhaps one of his organs had failed, and he needed an organ donation

it was, her answer was the same. “I’m not going,” she told Mrs. Hardy.

far as to sacrifice herself for someone

remembered very clearly how the Hardy family had treated

to leave when Mrs. Hardy crawled toward her on all fours

face was pressed against the outside of her thigh, snot and tears staining Larissa’s pants. “I know we’ve wronged you before. Travis has wronged you, but please! Consider the fact that he was once your husband!

her leg out of Mrs. Hardy’s grasp, but

me, why don’t you go beg Amber to save his life? I dare say you’ll have much better luck there.”

spoke. “It’s all that evil bitch’s fault! If

crowd of onlookers grew.

in front of them, but it didn’t

lady’s problem? How could she make

She’s gone

“Unbelievable!”

sound of camera shutters

and scanned the crowd. In front of them, about three bystanders

and post it online. Worse still, they might take