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“You!”
Roxanne’s eyes turned red with grievance.
A few people were at the emergency exit. Maxwell pulled Roxanne behind him, looking like he was protecting her.
McKayla looked more annoyed.
Showing off all over the internet, but acting like this at the hospital.
Was it because you were worried about Stephanie, or were you just showing off to Stephanie?
“If you want to act all lovey–dovey, then get lost. I wasn’t putting up with you two acting like that!”
Roxanne didn’t say anything, just looked down and pretended to be upset.
Maxwell frowned and said, “Don’t go at her. What did you mean by what you just said?”
“Someone hit Stephanie on purpose with a car. I suspected you told someone to do it.” McKayla didn’t hold back and said straight out, “I suspected you wanted to get rid of Steph fast so you could marry Roxanne!”
Maxwell hadn’t said anything yet, and Roxanne already stood up.
“Dr. Clark, wasn’t that a bit insulting?”
Roxanne criticized sternly, “There were lots of reasons why Stephanie
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Roxanne looked really angry and quickly said, “You were the one who called Max and told him to come. Now we’re here, and we’ve been here for a while, but you still haven’t let us see what’s going on with Stephanie. Dr. Clark, what do you mean by this?”
“Stephanie was totally fine, you just didn’t dare let us see her!”
These few things Roxanne said totally pissed off McKayla.
I remembered how miserable Stephanie looked when she was just brought in.
And also her fear after she found out about the whole thing.
Stephanie was Rh negative. Even if she wasn’t pregnant, it was still dangerous if something happened.
Not to mention she was pregnant with his, Maxwell’s, baby!
And this Roxanne, who allowed her to slander Stephanie here!
McKayla snapped, “Roxanne, are you freaking out right now because you were the one who hit the person and you just want to shift the blame?”
“You!”
A flash of panic passed through Roxanne’s eyes, but she quickly covered it up and turned it into feeling wronged.
Maxwell stood in front of Roxanne and said coldly, “Roxie had paparazzi following her ever since she left Everbloom Floral Studio at 8:45 p.m., her whole/schedule was posted online, and after that she was with me the whole time.”
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McKayla gritted her teeth, “She could get someone to do it.”
Maxwell frowned, his eyes full of sharp anger: “McKayla, don’t push it!”
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In the ward.
Stephanie struggled in endless darkness.
The darkness was like a swamp, pulling her down and swallowing her
She always felt like she forgot something.
Wanted to go after something.
afraid, scared.
She wanted to get up, but her arms and legs couldn’t move.
Didn’t know how much time had passed, she finally saw a spot of light.
Then, she used all her strength and crawled toward that spot of light.
The moment she touched the light spot, she saw a happy family of three in a small villa.
A pure white wool carpet, a black grand piano.
The little girl sat on the bench, her fingers pressing down choppy, unsteady notes on the piano keys.
“For Elise”
The wind that passed through lifted the pure white curtains behind the old window frames.
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The pale–yellow sunlight came into the house with vintage country- style decor.
Bright and beautiful.
But after the little girl played a few times and still couldn’t play smoothly, she got a bit angry and started banging on the keys.
At this moment, a gentle and handsome man walked up to the little girl.
His voice was gentle, like it came through time: “Steph, you needed to be patient when you did things.”
The little girl pouted, and her big eyes, like black grapes, were full of hurt.
She pouted her lips, enough to hang an oil can, and said, “Dad, I’ve been learning for over a week, but I still can’t play it well. I think it’s really hard.”
The man smiled and patted the girl’s head, sat on the bench, and played a piece in front of the girl.
It was “For Elise.”
While playing, he also looked at the girl and said to h “Steph, look, Dad learned it. Steph is my daughter, Steph can do it too.”
There was a bright, admiring look in the girl’s eyes.
“Wow! Dad, when did you learn that!”
The man chuckled softly, held the girl’s hand, and guided her to press the piano keys. From awkward to smooth, the music flowed from their fingertips.
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“Dad just learned it recently,” the man said. “Because Steph was learning piano, Dad learned it too.”
The girl played the piano seriously and sincerely praised, “Dad, you’re awesome!”