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 shook her

pushed Caroline. But no one

sliced through the crowd, arriving a bit

was Gilbert Johnson, Sherilyn's

Sherilyn brightened up, hoping for

his gaze as piercing as a knife, landing squarely

Sherilyn flinched, shaking her head. "It wasn't

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

harsh and unloving tone left Sherilyn speechless, unable

Caroline clutched her stomach, leaning into Gilbert's embrace, her voice barely a whisper,

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

blood!" Suddenly, someone

of red began to spread,

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

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

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

words, Gilbert

then was Caroline

at Sherilyn, frowning and shaking her head, words

mouth when Sylvia turned away and