Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 36

Mrs. Hardy’s sudden move shocked everyone present.

She wrapped her arms around Larissa’s legs and shook her entire body vigorously. Larissa had never seen such a scene before. For a moment, she was unsure whether she should turn and leave or help her up first.

Mrs. Hardy raised her head and looked at her tearfully.

“Lari, come with me to the hospital! Just come and see Travis!”

Lari?

How intimate.

This was the first time Mrs. Hardy had called her that.

Whatever illness Travis had, it must be serious.

Mrs. Hardy, only she could save him now.

and needed her to donate her bone marrow for him? Or perhaps one of his organs had failed, and he

her answer was the same. “I’m not going,” she told Mrs. Hardy.

She wouldn’t go so far as to sacrifice herself

how the Hardy family had treated her

to leave when Mrs. Hardy crawled toward her on all

pressed against the outside of her thigh, snot and tears staining Larissa’s pants. “I know we’ve wronged you before. Travis has wronged you, but please! Consider the fact that he was once your husband! I beg of you,

her leg out of Mrs. Hardy’s grasp, but the moment she tried to move, the

have the time and energy to pester me, why don’t you go beg Amber to save

face changed immediately. Anger and hatred filled her eyes, her voice ferocious as she spoke. “It’s all that evil bitch’s fault! If it hadn’t been for her, our Travis wouldn’t have-” Her voice trailed off and

of

the situation in front of them, but it

could she make an old woman kneel at her feet?”

She’s gone too

“Unbelievable!”

sound of camera

In front of them, about three bystanders raised their phones