The Cherished Wife

Annie suddenly felt weak, and tears just started to fall from her eyes.

Cody rubbed his forehead, giving the doctor and nurse a look. "Could you guys give us a minute, please?"

After the doctor and nurse left, Cody shut the door and stepped in. "How are you holding up?"

"Not well! I'm doing really badly, Brother. They did this to me! You have to get revenge for me!"

"Revenge?" Cody let out a harsh laugh. Seeing Annie still not sorry for what she had done made him wonder why he had even made a deal with Sean. "Do you even realize what you've done wrong?" "What did I do wrong? I didn't do anything." Annie stared at Cody, shocked. She could not believe that her brother, who always spoiled and loved her, was not taking her side. He was questioning her, even though she was the one who was hurt. "Your sister is so badly hurt, yet you don't think you should get revenge for me?"

"That's enough!" Cody's voice was sharp as he cut off Annie. "I don't want to fight with you, but what on earth did you do last night at The Majestic Lounge? Do you have any idea how hard I've been trying to find someone to help? No one's brave enough to step up. So, tell me, what did you do that made Charles get involved himself?"

"Charles!"

eyes and a face devoid of warmth flashed through her mind. She looked at Cody with a blank expression, and Cody almost

I didn't!" Annie

were about to spill from her eyes. "It's true, I've met Charles before, but that was ages ago. He didn't care about me at all! You have to trust me, Brother. I didn't even see Charles recently. How could I have

her injury made her fall back down. She reached out desperately and grabbed Cody's

can't be

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his time on them unless Annie really did something to upset him. After all, they were just nobodies to someone like Charles. "If you didn't upset Charles, then what did you do

say something but then stopped