Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

"Ah! Please help me! It hurts so much!"

Amidst the agonizing cries for help, a crowd gathered, swelling in number.

Sherilyn Gomez stood frozen at the top of the staircase on the second floor, her gaze shifting from the tumbling figure of Caroline Bennett below to her hands, utterly bewildered.

"How did this happen?" she murmured.

Why did Caroline suddenly fall?

"What's going on here?" someone asked.

It was the Johnson family's annual feast, attended by numerous guests. The arriving crowd encircled Caroline, who lay at the bottom of the stairs.

"What happened? How did she fall?"

"She, she..." Despite her pain, Caroline looked up toward the top of the stairs. It suddenly dawned on everyone.

"Sherilyn pushed her!"

"Oh my God! Sherilyn, no matter how much you dislike Caroline, you can't go this far! She's pregnant, for heaven's sake!" "Exactly! That's too much."

Faced with the accusations, Sherilyn went pale as she shook her

wanted to explain that she hadn't pushed Caroline. But no one was willing

voice sliced

was Gilbert Johnson, Sherilyn's husband of barely

up,

looked up sharply, his gaze as piercing as a knife, landing squarely on her. "What have

her head. "It

good-looking face scrunched up in disgust and hate. "You think Caroline jumped by herself, huh? Do you think nobody knows you've been picking on her all this

and unloving tone left

In agony, Caroline clutched her stomach, leaning into Gilbert's embrace, her voice barely

Then, Sylvia Johnson, the family's

blood!" Suddenly, someone screamed.

of red began to spread, growing

clung to Gilbert, sobbing, "My baby,

as he said it, Gilbert's face was ashen, panic setting in. "We must head to the

lifted Caroline in his arms, and with a fierce glare at Sherilyn, he warned, "You'd better pray

his words, Gilbert

then was Caroline and her

her head, words failing

opened her mouth when Sylvia turned away and