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Samantha hushed Elizabeth. “Keep your voice down! Don’t let the people outside hear. We’re putting on a show here—pretending to stage a suicide. No matter what Caroline thinks, we have to stick to our plan! If she’s willing to accept your child, great. If she refuses… hmph, we’ll force her to!”
Elizabeth nodded. “Yes, mom, I’ll do whatever you say.”
Up to this point, Samantha had orchestrated everything.
First, she had Elizabeth impersonate Caroline. Then, she had tried every possible way to get rid of Caroline’s child. And now, the scheme had escalated to a fake pregnancy and a staged suicide attempt…
At this point, there was no turning back.
Either the Brooks family perished, or Caroline did! This was a battle to the death!
There could only be one winner!
They huddled together, quickly strategizing their next moves and refining their script.
Before long, a series of loud knocks rang out.
From outside, David’s voice was sharp and firm.
“Is she inside? Why is the door locked? Get someone to break it down. You can’t even keep an eye on one person? Useless.”
The moment David arrived, everyone else immediately stepped aside.
Standing at the door to the hospital room, his expression was cold, his gaze sharp as he berated the doctors and nurses. And yet… there was little worry on his face.
If the one standing on the ledge was Caroline….
Maybe David’s reaction would have been completely different.
Caroline stood behind David, even colder and more indifferent than he was.
Elizabeth? Jumping off a building? She’s actually willing to die? What a joke.
Elizabeth had always been the type to throw tantrums–cry, scream, threaten. She had been like this since childhood. Every time, it was all bark, no bite.
With a creak, the door cracked open just slightly.
Samantha peeked out, showing half her face. “Mr. Ellison, Elizabeth is still standing by the window. No matter how much I try to talk her down, she won’t budge. It’s good that you’re here. Only you can save her –she can’t have anything happen to her! She’s carrying two lives now…”
David stepped inside.
With a loud bang, the door slammed shut behind him.
Samantha was being extremely cautious. The fewer people inside the room, the better–less chance for
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Elizabeth, dressed in her hospital gown, sat on the window ledge. One foot dangled outside, suspended in midair. Her hair was disheveled, and her eyes were swollen red from crying..
“Get down,” David said. “Stop making a scene.”
Elizabeth sobbed. “I’m not making a scene! I really don’t want to live anymore. After you left last night, I couldn’t sleep at all. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw a child crying, asking me why I didn’t want him, why I was trying to kill him. Mr. Ellison, I followed you without complaint. I never enjoyed any luxuries, never got an official title. I never resented you for any of it. But now, I can’t even keep my own child? That’s too cruel. And worse, my child’s fate is in Caroline’s hands? I can’t accept that. If you had no choice, if there was some unavoidable reason why we couldn’t keep this baby, I would understand. I would be willing to sacrifice for you. But why should Caroline be the one to decide-”
David cut her off, his voice calm. “Caroline wants you to keep it.”
The hospital room fell into an eerie silence.
Elizabeth froze, her mouth half–open, unable to find any words. Her mind went completely blank.
She had prepared so many arguments, but she had barely gotten two sentences out before everything fell apart.
Samantha was just as stunned. This was completely unexpected. They hadn’t seen this coming at all.
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