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."

went pale as she

hadn't pushed Caroline.

aside!" A deep, authoritative voice sliced through the crowd,

Gilbert Johnson, Sherilyn's

Sherilyn brightened up,

piercing as a knife, landing squarely on her.

flinched, shaking her

and his 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 time? Do I need to list them all out for

harsh and unloving tone left Sherilyn speechless,

stomach, leaning into Gilbert's embrace, her voice barely a whisper, "Gilbert, it hurts. It hurts so

what's wrong?" Then, Sylvia Johnson, the family's matriarch, also arrived. "What

blood!" Suddenly, someone

red began to spread, growing

terrified, clung to Gilbert, sobbing,

Gilbert's face was ashen, panic setting in.

with a fierce glare at Sherilyn, he warned, "You'd better pray the child is okay.

his words, Gilbert turned

most important thing then was Caroline

Sherilyn, frowning and shaking her

her mouth when Sylvia turned away