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

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

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

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

clearly how the Hardy family had treated

when Mrs. Hardy crawled toward her on all fours and hugged

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

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

don’t you go beg Amber

spoke. “It’s all that evil bitch’s fault! If it hadn’t been for her, our

crowd of

no context of the situation in front of them, but it didn’t stop them

make

She’s gone too

“Unbelievable!”

the sound of camera

scanned the crowd. In front of them, about three bystanders raised their phones

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