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.

departure and lack of explanation in front of Chief Royce earlier

a word he said? "When I learned about Munchkin's illness, my first reaction was to quickly find a hospital to treat him. I know that as a mother, you'd

Second of all, I did not want Munchkin

bring myself to do it, so all I could think of

time to discuss it with Theo

contacted the dean and asked him to arrange a bone marrow match test for Munchkin. After

eyes revealed his sincerity as well as determination, but because he had previously kept this

so why couldn't you inform me? If the police hadn't

Munchkin went for a

I was no longer angry and breathed a sigh

worried that you'd think too much. You have too many things to consider. I was afraid of letting your

of time. Even if I widened my search worldwide, I may not necessarily find it either. I didn't