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."

with the accusations, Sherilyn went pale as

that she hadn't pushed Caroline. But

deep, authoritative voice sliced through the crowd, arriving a

Sherilyn's husband of

brightened up, hoping for his

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

Sherilyn flinched, shaking her head.

scrunched up in disgust and hate. "You think Caroline jumped by herself, huh? Do you think nobody knows you've been picking on

harsh and unloving tone left

Gilbert's embrace, her voice barely a whisper, "Gilbert, it hurts. It

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

There's blood!" Suddenly, someone screamed.

began to spread, growing larger

Caroline, terrified, clung to Gilbert, sobbing,

face was ashen, panic setting in. "We must head

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

words, Gilbert turned

then was Caroline and her

Sherilyn, frowning and shaking her

barely opened her mouth when Sylvia turned away