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.

and was transferred from the intensive care unit back to a regular ward in the

three patients in one room, but the

patients.

on the empty bed, his loud snores

he heard a noise, he moved his neck

Then, he froze.

bald, his head wrapped in bandages, and his thin face crisscrossed with

obvious that he wasn’t doing well

lips trembled and his throat was constricted but he forced out

incredibly hoarse, as if his throat had been

passion in his eyes strengthened her impulse to

she

if it hadn’t been for Mrs. Hardy who was right behind her,

there, unmoving, for a long time, Mrs. Hardy gave her a

she entered, Mrs. Hardy followed closely and

you thirsty?” she asked

his eyes still pinned on

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