Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 7

The doctors and nurses quickly arrived and helped Alaric out. Meanwhile, Malcolm hurriedly followed the team away without sparing a glance at Tabitha.

Tabitha’s lips quivered and her fingers trembled violently.

Malcolm was the one who pulled her out of her abyss of despair with his warm hands.

She thought he was to be the salvation of her life. Yet, things had come to

this.

Malcolm left in such a hurry that he completely disregarded Naomi.

Naomi sneaked a few glances at Tabitha. Seeing that the latter had not paid much attention to her presence, she quietly moved closer to the door.

“Naomi,” Tabitha suddenly called out, her eyes cold. “It’s been eight years. Don’t you have anything to say to me?”

Tabitha’s voice seemed so faint that it could disappear with the breeze, yet Naomi felt a chill go down her spine when she heard it.

Naomi’s expression stiffened. She cautiously looked at the closed door and forced out a few tears.

“Ms. Jarvis, I know how sad you are to lose your parents. But it was an accident, and I was also a victim. I didn’t want it to happen,” she sobbed quietly with an innocent look on her face, implying that Tabitha should not have blamed her or gotten upset.

“An accident?” Tabitha repeated the phrase, enunciating both words carefully. She chuckled before taking a deep breath. The anger and pain she felt were showing despite her effort to mask it with her calm voice.

Back then, Naomi was pestered by hooligans outside a bar and asked Tabitha’s parents, Raphael and Meghan for help. In the midst of the chaos, Raphael was stabbed, but Naomi took advantage of the situation and ran

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to save you, and my mom begged you to call 911. Yet, you ran away, causing my mom

delicate, yet it was as if her gaze contained blades, ready to slash at Naomi. Naomi could not bear such a fierce presence.

on time. It was all because of your ungratefulness and apathy that my

word Tabitha uttered, Naomi’s complexion grew paler, and the

eyes, earnestly defending herself. “I didn’t want to run away at that moment. Those hooligans had

voice and

they admitted that they didn’t touch you at all, let alone take your phone!” Tabitha screamed. “You left

ago, those hooligans had fled the scene after seeing the amount of blood coming out of Raphael’s body. Naomi was no longer in danger, and

then, if she had just called 911,

a person’s behavior endangered others and the person

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intentional homicide and

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face was turned to the side due to the slap. Her face

need to pretend

an arm on her cheek, she stared at Tabitha gloomily.

said, her tone cold. The delicateness

remained silent. Her

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Now, you lack both the evidence and witnesses. What can you do to me? I advise you not to waste your time. I got away with it back then, and I’ll do the

Tabitha with unconcealed hatred. “Besides, I’ve already apologized back then. You’re the one who kept holding on to the issue that I had

utter resentment as if she were the one

boiled in

they even turned 40. However, instead of showing any gratitude or remorse, Naomi shamelessly accused Tabitha of getting in her

could not help but scoff at how ridiculous the world had