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.

Hardy, only she could save

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

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

She wouldn’t go so far as to sacrifice herself for someone like Travis.

the Hardy family had treated her in the first place.

about to leave when Mrs. Hardy crawled toward her on all fours and hugged her right

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! I beg of you, think of your past

pull her leg out of Mrs. Hardy’s grasp, but the moment she tried to move, the old woman’s arms wrapped around her with renewed effort.

why don’t you go beg Amber to

hatred filled her eyes, her voice ferocious as she spoke. “It’s all that evil bitch’s

crowd of onlookers grew.

had no context of the situation in front of them,

could she make an old woman

gone too

“Unbelievable!”

heard the sound of camera

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

was worried that those people would record the entire incident and post it online. Worse still, they might take