Then, an oncoming car crashed right into me
The blinding headlights left me disoriented, and I couldn’t avoid the collision…
I drifted in and out of consciousness as something warm trickled down my forehead.
When I came to again, I was in the hospital.
“Emma, you’re awake?”
It was Liam Johnson’s voice.
The antiseptic smell made me nauseous, and my head was heavily bandaged.
Liam Johnson looked haggard, his eyes bloodshot.
Behind him were Noah Johnson and Ava Williams.
I demanded, “Even if you don’t love me anymore, why didn’t you take care of Noah?!”
For a moment, he seemed bewildered:
“Emma, what are you talking about?”
I took a deep breath, anger burning in my chest: “Why would you abandon our young son in the mountains for your woman?”
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Again, he froze in confusion.
He didn’t seem to be pretending.
Noah Johnson stepped closer and said meekly:
“Mom, don’t blame Dad.”
“I knew I was wrong. Aunt Ava said if I did what she told me, Dad would completely get over you and marry her.”
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“I was just hiding at the base of the mountain. When I saw you got hurt, I quickly found Dad. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it.”
He started wailing loudly after speaking.
Ava Williams seemed completely unperturbed, almost innocent:
“Emma, kids just say stuff sometimes.”
In a flash, I suddenly understood.
Ava Williams used Noah to pass false information to me, then staged a car accident to get rid of me so Liam Johnson could marry her
I couldn’t tell if I felt more disappointed or hurt.
Liam Johnson seemed to get it too as he shielded Ava Williams.
“Emma, it’s probably just a misunderstanding!”
He tried to reassure me, “Besides, you’re fine now.”
I lay in the hospital bed, everything around me like a bizarre dream.
Was this the price of loving someone?
When they don’t love you back, it’s like a knife stabbing over and over until you’re
bloodied and battered?
“Liam Johnson, do you know this is a crime!”
“I can press charges against you.”
Liam Johnson’s brows furrowed slightly, but he still warned:
“Regardless, I don’t want you pursuing this. You know the power of my family’s legal
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Even Noah sniffled as he tried to take my hand:
“Mom, let Aunt Ava go.”
