Chapter 36
“Ms. Marchand, I’m calling from Riverview Medical Center. There’s an unexpected situation here. You might want to get over here and see for yourself…”
The nurse left the sentence hanging. She was about to say something, but she held herself back.
Calista could just make out a commotion over the phone. She could hear a woman making a fuss in the background. She was momentarily stunned before she quickly said, “Alright. I’m coming over now.”
There was no time to think things over. She ran out the door, hailed a cab, and headed straight toward Riverview Medical Center.
The moment Calista arrived at the hospital, she saw the crowd huddled around the gate. They were all either pointing fingers at the center or teasing and chiding someone, delivering remarks that were more scornful than the last. Some even pulled out their phones, taking pleasure in someone else’s misery.
Calista made her way through the crowd and finally saw who was at the center of it. It was none other than her own family.
It had been days since Calista last saw Clarice, and the latter looked very miserable. With the dark circles beneath her eyes and her messy hair, she seemed somewhat disheveled.
Obviously, the unsavory rumors on the internet got to her. As she spoke, her tone was laced with a trace of madness.
“Just tell me, where the hell is the bitch? She’s such a freaking jinx. It’s bad enough that she’s filthy, but she just had to drag me down
with her.
“Anthony, is this how you protect me? There’s nothing between you and the bitch, is there?”
Clarice was utterly worked up, clawing at Anthony with her slender fingers as if she were trying to unload the full force of her rage on
him.
He was barely holding her off. They were husband and wife, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to hit her back. Other than letting her lash out at him, there was nothing he could do.
Flat out of options, Anthony started to explain himself. Before he could get a single word out, he spotted Calista standing in the crowd.
Clarice saw his lingering gaze and immediately noticed something amiss. When she whirled around and saw who it was, her eyes flared with anger. She looked so fierce that it seemed like she would’ve skinned Calista alive.
“You bitch. You’re the reason I’m in this mess, and you have the gall to show up here?
“The nerve of you. Countless men are standing up for you and criticizing me. Just how many men have you flirted with?” Clarice
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