(Scarlett’s POV)
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I clutched my stomach and remained on the floor until I saw Maxwell running down the stairs towards me. Tear streamed down my face as I lay sprawled at the bottom of the staircase. Those tears were real as I was in pain from purposely falling down the stairs and broke my high heels to skip a few steps.
“SCARLETT!” I heard Maxwell call my name while he ran towards me. Kneeling beside me, his hands shaking as he tried to help me up, “Baby, what happened?”
I whimpered with my voice weak but deliberate, “It’s her.. it’s Layla. She..” I held my breath and pointed at Layla with tears in my eyes, “She pushed me!”
Maxwell gasped with his eyes widened with terror. I took that moment to put hate in him towards Layla, “She was so angry when she saw me here, Max. Sh
