CHAPTER 14: Harker
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Harker stood outside the door to the hospital room, trying to hear what Alison was saying, but the damn doors were so thick he couldn’t even hear them mumbling. He grabbed the handle. If he opened it just a crack...He dropped his hand as Mrs. Robinson barreled out of the room, slamming into him.
He stumbled backward, grabbing her shoulders to keep them both from falling. “Are you okay?” It was a stupid question. He could see by the tears in her eyes that she wasn’t.
“You.” She pulled away from him.
He flinched at the loathing in that one word.
“This whole time...I knew something was wrong when you hurried the wedding. I can’t believe you did this to my daughter.”
“I see Alison told you...” He paused. “What did she tell you?” He wasn’t about to get into m
