When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 120

Chapter 120



I shoved Clyde aside and landed hard on the floor.

Seeing Kayla's lifeless body next to me, a bullet wound between her brows, I realized that death in real life bore little resemblance to the dramatic scenes portrayed on TV.

There wasn't much blood, but her eyes were wide open, staring toward the door, unblinking in death.

Paramedics in hazmat suits rushed in, pulling Clyde away from the scene.

Summoning the last of my strength, I crawled to Kayla's side and fished a pill bottle out of her pocket.

and ran toward me. "Melanie, Melanie, are you okay? Please

and snot mixing as

the pill bottle and shoved two pills into his mouth. I wasn't sure if they'd

place was swarming with officials, all

facilities and isolation units, I felt a wave of relief wash over me. "Let, um,

what I said before my consciousness faded, fighting

my mind. Indeed, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. If Clyde knew about

around me. I felt faint, my thoughts a chaotic tangle, until I spotted Warren. Reaching out to him, I felt a moment of

as he gently pushed my hand away with his clipboard. "The patient is alert. Radiation exposure isn't too severe.

looked at him with admiration. "Dr. Chandler, can you read

with an indifferent face. "A bit. I can also read faces. She had a stroke of bad luck, but

When I woke up, Warren's poker face greeted me again. "You've been eating a lot of health supplements, haven't you? You're not in bad shape." He reviewed

"There's