“She’s trying to kill my baby!” Ruby shrieked, tears rolling down her cheeks.
“I didn’t. I didn’t do anything!” I cried, panicked and trembling.
At the hospital, medical staff swarmed around Ruby, tending to her as if she were royalty.
Leah burst in, rage blazing in her eyes. Without a word, she slapped me across the face.
“You can’t even bear your own child and now you want to harm the Middleton Family’s grandson?!”
Alaric stepped in between us, “Mom, don’t”
Leah’s voice rose even higher. “You’ve spoiled her rotten! Letting a woman walk all over you, what good has it done?!”
Her shrill tone drew stares from those nearby. Someone even raised a phone and began filming.
Alaric lowered his voice and turned back to me, “Go home.”
I pressed a hand to my bleeding forehead and made my way downstairs. But just as I reached the first floor, my vision went black and I collapsed.
A passing nurse rushed to help and had me taken to the ER.
When the doctor called Alaric, the background noise was filled with the sound of servants doting on Ruby.
“Miss Ruby, have some fruit.”
“Let me massage your shoulders.”
Alaric’s voice was cold over the phone.