Chapter 7: Visit to Riverside
(Scarlet's POV)
I didn't go home. Instead, I boarded a Greyhound bus bound for Riverside.
The engine hummed beneath my feet, a constant vibration that rattled my bones for three hours. It was late when I arrived at the private hospital.
My mother was staying in a VIP ward. It was a luxury she could never have afforded on her own, paid for by Ethan Easton's twisted generosity. He had hired a private nurse with years of experience in Riverside to watch over her around the clock.
I usually visited every two weeks. My sudden appearance in the doorway startled the nurse. She dropped a chart on the counter, her hand flying to her chest.
"Scarlet? Is everything okay? Has something happened?"
"I just needed to see her," I said simply.
I walked past her
