Chapter 213

"Ow, that hurts..."

Suzan cried out, then slumped to the ground, passing out cold.

She fell slowly, half-expecting someone would rush to catch her. But when her body hit the gravel, no one even seemed to care.

The small stones dug painfully into her back.

But Suzan didn't dare move-she was playing dead.

If Lyman ever found out she was the one who tampered with Effie's horse, she'd

be in real trouble. Maybe even dead meat.

So, better to just keep pretending now.

"Take her to the hospital," Effie said coolly. "She's pregnant."

Effie could have ignored Suzan's fate, but the woman was carrying a child. If something happened to her at Randell's stables, it would come back to haunt him.

"Damn it!" Randell's voice shot up in alarm. "She's pregnant? Why didn't anyone say so? And she's riding a horse? Is she out of her mind?"

made sure Suzan was

Lyman

a puzzled look. "Why? This has nothing to

had zero interest in

responsibility for this?" Vinson

hadn't been talking about Suzan at

waiting for him

"I have shares in this stable, actually. I'm the

a muttered jab, "So

help but

not to

glanced away, embarrassed. "Oh,

"Shirley, why don't you head home?

her head. "I can't. I was there-I'm a witness. If that shameless Suzan

were plenty of witnesses and evidence around; she didn't

on home," Effie assured her. "I'll

Shirley hesitated.

"Anything you spent

eyes lit up. "Even

"Even lunch," Lyman replied.

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