Chapter 177 A Hundred Thousand Reasons to Be Afraid
Ste didn’t seem bothered. “No rush.”
Given how Lillian looked just now, what Rianne <b>said </b>about her being seriously ill clearly wasn’t an act.
If <b>Lillian </b>were healthy, Ste would’ve <b>taken </b>her down herself by now. But looking at her now? Her hair was practically gone. The heavens had done her job already.
Lillian had always been obsessed with her looks. Now she was racing death every day–that alone was enough torture.
Abel understood immediately what Ste meant by no rush.
“You scared her <b>good </b>back there.” he said..
Ste chuckled.
checky, lighthearted sound.
<b>That </b>bit of joy was oddly contagious. Abel finally understood why Abraham doted on her <b>the </b>way he did.
She was easy to be around. Her energy had a way of bringing life to people–even those stuck in <b>darkness</b>.
Her phone buzzed.
It <b>was </b>Abraham.
<b>Ste </b>answered, “Abraham?”
“No messing around. Don’t stay too long.”
“…Okay.”
She blinked and instinctively nced at Abel walking behind her.
Abel looked straight <b>ahead</b>, avoiding eye contact like a <b>trained </b>soldier.
Ste muttered, “I wasn’t messing around.”
“You’re such a good girl.”
He didn’t say much else before hanging up. He was clearly busy.
Ste turned to Abel. “Did <b>you </b>record the part where I <b>was </b>the scariest and send it to him?”
Abel said nothing.
“You better not record me behind his back again unless it’s <b>when </b>I’m getting bullied
Still nothing
The thing was, she never got bullied when Abel was <b>around</b>. Not <b>once</b>.
She was like a little tiger. Too fierce.
<b>And </b>if he ever did send Abraham a video of her being bullied, Rivermount would probably turn <b>into </b><b>a </b><b>bloodbath</b>.
Back in the <b>hospital</b>. <b>Susan </b>was a nervous wreck watching the doctors crowd around Lillian.
4:42 PM
Chapter 177 A Hundred Thousand Reasons to Be Afraid
“Ethan-” she <b>barely </b>got the name out before the phone <b>was </b>yanked from her hand.
Startled, she whipped around–only to see Madeline..
Susan froze. “M–Madeline?”
Madeline nced at the screen, then hung up the call without a word.
<b>Susan’s </b>face went stiff.
Madeline gave her a cold look and tossed the phone <b>back</b>. <b>Susan </b>fumbled and dropped it to the floor.
“I already told you–don’t call Ethan this week.”
Susan tried to stay calm. “But Lillian:
“She’s nothing. So <b>why </b><b>is </b><b>everything </b>always about Ethan?”
Madeline’s sharp voice cut her offpletely.
That word–nothing–hit Susan like a p. She looked at Madeline in shock.
Lillian was still in the ER. Yet the woman who’d practically watched her grow
<b>Susan </b>felt something <b>in </b><b>her </b>chest go cold.
up was saying this?
Finished
“Madeline. Before Ste came back, Lillian was always close with Ethan. <b>She </b>was wee <b>at </b>your house all the time. You were like family. How could you say something so heartless?”
Madeline narrowed her eyes. Dangerously.
She gave <b>a </b>cold <bugh</b><b>. </b>“Heartless? Susan, are you really that blind to the kind of person <b>you </b>raised?”
“You seriously don’t know what she was doing those two years overseas?”
The edge in Madeline’s voice cut deep.
Maybe the Reed family bought Lillian’s innocent act. Madeline didn’t
<b>She’d </b><b>always </b>had a bad feeling about her. This time, she checked. And what she found wasn’t pretty.
<b>Susan </b>heard the implication loud and clear. Her <b>hands </b>clenched. “Are you seriously trying <b>to </b>smear <b>Lillian’s </b>name right
now!”
Madeline’s <b>voice </b><b>was </b>cool. “She’s filthy enough. I <b>don’t </b>need to add anything”
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Tell me have you ever asked your precious Lillian how many boyfriends <b>she </b><b>had </b>while she <b>was </b>abroad? Or how many men she’s slept with?”
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