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.

to Mrs. Hardy, only she could save him now.

but wonder. Could it be that Travis had leukemia and needed her to donate her bone marrow for him? Or perhaps one of his organs had failed, and he needed

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

go so far as to sacrifice herself for someone like Travis.

she remembered very clearly how the Hardy family had treated her in the first

crawled toward her on all fours and hugged

wronged you before. Travis has wronged you, but please! Consider the fact that he was once your husband!

no longer related.” Larissa tried to pull her leg out of Mrs. Hardy’s grasp, but the moment she tried to move, the old woman’s

go beg Amber

Anger and hatred filled her eyes, her voice ferocious as she spoke. “It’s all that evil bitch’s fault! If it hadn’t been for her, our Travis wouldn’t have-” Her voice trailed off and

of onlookers grew.

context of the situation in front of them, but it didn’t stop them from pointing fingers and criticizing

make an old woman

gone too

“Unbelievable!”

heard the sound of camera shutters

head and scanned the crowd. In front of them, about three bystanders raised their phones and pointed them in

incident and post it online. Worse still,