His hands trembled as he fumbled to call 911.
Winona,barely conscious,lifted her bloodied hand and shakily pointed at me."Mr.Shepherd…I don’t understand…why did your wife push me?Does she want me dead?"
"It wasn’t me!"I shouted,stunned."I didn’t even touch her!She fell on her own—"
Slap!
His palm cracked across my face.
The force of the blow made me stagger backward.Lennon shook out his stinging wrist and looked at me like I was a stranger.
"Meredith,have you lost your mind?Are you really that jealous?Winona is our guest.She’s blind.She’s done nothing but help you and this is how you treat her?"
The ambulance arrived swiftly.Lennon snapped at the paramedics to be careful as they moved Winona onto the stretcher.He threw one final look my way—filled with disgust—then climbed into the ambulance without another word.
I was left alone in the vast,empty villa.My cheek throbbed.My chest felt like it was caving in.
I had no idea how long I stood there in a daze before my phone rang.
It was Lennon.
"Winona took a bad fall,but the baby’s okay—thankfully.The doctor said she’ll need proper care or she could end up with long-term complications."