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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911. Yet, you ran away, causing my mom to have

slash at Naomi. Naomi could

doctor said they could’ve survived if they’d been sent to the hospital on time. It was all because of your ungratefulness and apathy that

the guilt flickering in her

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

Tabitha suddenly raised her voice

and they admitted that they didn’t touch you at all, let

after seeing the amount of blood coming out of Raphael’s

she had just called 911, Raphael and Meghan would not have

that if a person’s behavior endangered others and the person did

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crime of intentional homicide and had to bear legal

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side due to the slap. Her face

to pretend since the

on her cheek, she stared at Tabitha gloomily.

seems like you know everything,” Naomi said, her tone cold. The delicateness and innocence from

silent. Her eyes were

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do to me? I advise you not to waste your time.

“Besides, I’ve already apologized back then. You’re the one who kept holding on to the issue that I had to leave. And now you’re stuck between Malcolm and me! You’re just as annoying as your short-lived

she

blood boiled in an

being dead before they even turned 40. However, instead of showing any gratitude or remorse, Naomi shamelessly accused Tabitha of

could not help but scoff at how