If not for herself, Karen wouldn't have to go through this ordeal!

At home, he could hardly bring himself to raise his voice, yet now, after someone had bullied him and even targeted his child, Jeffrey just couldn't stand it any longer.

"Honey, rest assured, I won't let Paige get away with this!"

He had already let Paige off once before, at Karen's pleading, which only led to today's trouble.

"Going after Paige is one thing, but leave the kid out of it," Karen, now a mother herself, naturally felt compassion for the little girl. "If Paige hadn't set her on us, she wouldn't have come after me. She's still so young, she doesn't understand." Jeffrey stroked her hair, holding her even tighter, "You're just too kind."

"Jeffrey... our child, they're really okay? Nothing's wrong?"

He hadn't said anything on his own, and Karen didn't dare ask too closely.

Since there was bleeding, she knew it couldn't be good.

But she was so scared...

"Don't worry, I'll always be by your side."

Jeffrey's evasion was answer enough.

started to cry, each sob like a

always had everything his way, but it was only after Karen came into his life that he realized there were

turned fervently to prayer. Now, if it could just keep their child safe, Jeffrey was ready to believe, too. He'd even build a few churches if

...

tears were heart-wrenching, and outside, Dorothy was hardly faring any

holding her hand,

there a long time without any news; it

down, wishing

in the moment, grow more terrifying the more

Karen might have been

especially when Karen had always been there

filled

wanted this

sighed deeply,

your fault You can't keep taking all the be

about Karen, but Everett was even more

situation was even

could cost her

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