"Just... make things right with Nora."
The moment the words left her mouth, she bolted for the door without a second's hesitation.
Anthony's face drained of color. He moved to chase after her.
I stepped in front of him on instinct, wanting an explanation, but he shoved me hard.
"Nora!"
His eyes were full of revulsion. His voice, ice.
"No matter how big a scene you make, this is between the two of us!"
"Ever since you threatened her six years ago, Victoria has suffered from severe depression. The slightest emotional trigger and she does something drastic."
"I spent years nursing her back to health. And now you want to destroy her out of pure spite?"
"If anything happens to her, I will never forgive you."
The shove threw me off balance. My body pitched backward, out of control, and the back of my neck dragged across a shard of broken glass. Warm blood seeped out, wet and spreading.
Right before everything went black, I heard John talking to Anthony.
"Anthony, Nora's bleeding badly!"
"Call an ambulance and dump her at the hospital. Clean this up. Victoria can't handle the sight of blood."
I drifted awake to the sound of nurses whispering in the room.