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.

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

hair and replied softly, “Yes, I’d

it

panicked heart gradually settled. She watched Felix as he peeled the fruit and removed the white fibers from the segments.

here you go.”

to Esther. Its sweet taste

“Is it sweet?”

sweetest in the world because

Felix’s face lit up with excitement. Encouraged, he fed another segment to Esther.

turns feeding each other, creating a warm and

the door with a

Felix turned to look at the door.

“Uncle Oliver.”

“Granduncle Oliver.”

bag of roasted sweet potatoes to Felix. “Enjoy your

looked at Esther, then at Oliver, before nodding