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.

was transferred from the intensive care

patients in one room, but the room Travis was in only had

patients.

on the empty bed, his

as he heard a noise, he moved his

Then, he froze.

wrapped in bandages, and his thin face crisscrossed with similar bandages. His complexion was pallid, and his eyes

that he wasn’t doing

irises. His lips trembled and his throat was constricted but he forced out two

his throat had been scorched by fire and polished with sandpaper.

him distantly. The passion in his eyes strengthened her impulse

so gross,” she

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

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

followed closely and locked the door behind her.

thirsty?” she

replied, his eyes still pinned on Larissa.

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