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."

no..." Faced with the accusations, Sherilyn went pale as she shook

that she hadn't pushed Caroline.

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

Johnson, Sherilyn's husband of barely two

Sherilyn brightened up, hoping for his

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

her

herself, huh? Do you think nobody knows you've been picking on her all this time? Do I need to list them

unloving tone left Sherilyn speechless,

leaning into Gilbert's embrace, her voice barely

the family's matriarch, also arrived. "What

Suddenly, someone

of red began

Caroline, terrified, clung to Gilbert, sobbing, "My baby,

he said it, Gilbert's face was ashen, panic setting in.

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

words,

important thing then was Caroline and

at Sherilyn, frowning and shaking her head, words failing

opened her mouth when Sylvia turned away