The Woman From Hell

I was laughing almost insanely and turned to look at Theo. "If you could've been just a bit more patient and planned things out properly, you would've taken Munchkin away secretly or had the doctor tell me tha he's dead. Perhaps I may not have had the chance to call the police at all."

I widened my eyes as if questioning why he was not a little more ruthless.

"That way, the police wouldn't have to investigate so many things and your plan would've succeeded. Wouldn't that have been better?"

Theo took a deep breath. He did not refute my statement and merely exhaled slowly.

I could tell that he was furious right now, but I could not distinguish if he was actually mad because I had accused him, or if it was because the police had investigated so many things and exposed his tricks too

soon.

His clenched fists slowly loosened. He held my shoulder and said, "There's a misunderstanding here, Wanda. I can explain. My lawyer came just now, and I've already cleared the air with Chief Royce and his colleagues. I rushed back because I was afraid that you might get the wrong idea. Are you not going to give me a chance to explain and decide right away that I'm the person who stole Munchkin away?"

I looked fixedly at him, hoping in my heart that all of this was just a lie. I did not want to choose between him and Munchkin.

of explanation in front of Chief Royce earlier had caused me to

How could I forgive him so easily and believe a word he said? "When I

then because first of all, I was afraid. Second of all, I did not want

could think of was to use the

time to discuss it with Theo

asked him to arrange a bone marrow match test for Munchkin. After getting the report, I asked Keith to locate a bone marrow match worldwide.

had previously kept this from me, his

you inform me? If the police hadn't found out about it today, how

for

I said, Theo thought I was

have too many things to consider.

paused for a moment and continued," Munchkin's leukemia is acute, and there's a low chance of finding a match in a short period of time. Even if I widened my search worldwide, I