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

pushed Caroline. But

voice sliced through the crowd, arriving a

Johnson, Sherilyn's

up, hoping for his

gaze as piercing as a knife, landing squarely on her. "What

flinched, shaking her head.

by herself, huh? Do you think nobody

and unloving tone left Sherilyn speechless, unable to

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

Johnson, the family's matriarch, also arrived. "What happened

There's blood!" Suddenly, someone

began to

clung to Gilbert, sobbing, "My baby, my

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

and with a fierce glare at Sherilyn, he warned, "You'd

his words, Gilbert turned

important thing then was Caroline

frowning and shaking her head, words failing her,

barely opened her mouth when