My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Chapter 551

Esther was so frightened her face turned pale, her legs weakened, and her hands trembled. The phone slipped from her grasp

with a loud clank.

Felix looked up from his book and asked concernedly, “Mommy, what’s wrong?”

Esther tried to maintain her composure and answered, “It’s nothing.”

She sat down on the edge of the hospital bed, clutching the bed frame for support. With trembling fingers, she replied to the message on her phone.

[Who are you?]

She sent the message but received no response. Without thinking, she deleted the gruesome image of the bloody hand and added the sender’s number to her block list.

Her heart was still racing from fear, and calming down took a long time.

“Mommy, would you like some fruit?” Felix asked.

a statue, Felix picked a honey tangerine from the fruit basket and walked over to

patted Felix’s hair and replied

I’ll peel it for you.”

carefully peeled the skin for Esther. As the fragrance of the tangerine filled the room, Esther’s panicked heart gradually settled. She watched Felix as he peeled the fruit and

you

Esther. Its

“Is it sweet?”

gently stroked Felix’s hair. “The sweetest in the world

with excitement. Encouraged,

took turns feeding each other, creating a warm

the door with a

turned to

“Uncle Oliver.”

“Granduncle Oliver.”

of roasted sweet potatoes to Felix. “Enjoy your

Esther, then at Oliver, before nodding gently. “Okay.”