Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 61

Suddenly, Larissa remembered that Amber was still available!

Although she did not know what had happened between Travis and Amber, their relationship was still much more intimate than hers and Travis‘. Amber should obviously be in charge of paying for his medical fees.

*Please wait a moment, okay? I’ll check if Travis has any other relatives or friends that you can contact. If I find their numbers, I’ll let you know. Is that okay?” Larissa asked for the nurse’s opinion.

The nurse replied rather reluctantly, “Well, okay. But you must hurry!”

Larissa did not actually have Amber’s number, but she did have a bunch of Travis‘ colleagues‘ contact numbers. Texting them in their shared group chat, she asked, ” Do you guys have Amber’s number? Can you send it to me?”

“Isn’t Amber in jail? Why do

surprised. She picked a more familiar colleague and asked in private, When did Amber

was typing for quite a while before a text wall popped up in the chat. “It happened just recently! You didn’t know? Amber supposedly developed depression or bipolar disorder after losing her baby and fought with the department head every day. Then somehow it got worse, and she actually knocked him down with her car! Someone called the police, and Amber was arrested soon after. The head was hurt pretty bad. Two days ago, we went to see him once, and we heard that he’s now paralyzed from the waist down. He’ll never be able to walk again!”

this to be the truth of

some of us were pretty sorry for you! All of us mostly knew about the head’s affair with Amber, but we were afraid of losing our jobs, so no one told you. Later…we didn’t have the nerve to tell you

were sincere at least, if not

she replied, “It’s over now,

did not get a good ending either. It was useless to hold these people responsible for anything now.

Chapter 61

had to go to the hospital to pay for Travis‘

parents ran off somewhere, she could not reach his brother, and Amber was now in jail. She could not possibly get