Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

The scream was from the patient in the next bed.

She shrunk into a corner, her voice trembling as she spoke. “Ma–Ma’am, don’t do it!”

Mrs. Hardy knelt on the ground, right in the middle of the spilled hot water.

In her hands was a silver shard from the shattered inner lining of the thermos, its sharpest end pointed toward her own neck.

“If you don’t come with me to see Travis, I will die right here! Right in front of you! I’ll let you feel that guilt for your entire life!” Her bloodshot eyes glared at Larissa, a resolute expression on her face.

Larissa had to admit, at that moment, she was truly afraid.

She had been so afraid that for a brief instant, she forgot how much Mrs. Hardy feared death, how truly manipulative and shameless she was. In her panic, she agreed to the woman’s request.

from the intensive care unit

three patients in one room, but the

patients.

sleeping on the empty bed, his loud snores filling the

he heard a noise, he moved his neck to glance at the entrance.

Then, he froze.

her expectations. He was bald, his head wrapped in bandages, and his thin face crisscrossed with similar bandages. His complexion

that he wasn’t doing well at

with tears, and Larissa’s slender figure reflected within those clear irises. His lips

had

distantly. The passion in his eyes strengthened

gross,” she thought

sprinted out of the room if it hadn’t been for Mrs. Hardy who was right

unmoving, for a long time, Mrs. Hardy gave her a push, forcing her into the ward.

soon as she entered, Mrs. Hardy followed closely and locked the door behind

she

he replied, his eyes still

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