Jasper’s POV
“I should’ve killed him when I had the chance. David. I should’ve ended him the moment I knew what he was capable of. And now…now Scarlett is paying the price.”
Miriam’s eyes glistened, but she didn’t argue. She knew I wasn’t exaggerating.
I leaned my forehead against the cold wall beside her door, my fists trembling. “If I lose her, Miriam… if I lose them… there won’t be a court or a law or a God that can protect him from me.”
For a moment, silence. Only the beeping of machines on the other side of the door.
Then Miriam’s voice, steady but fierce: “You won’t lose her. Scarlett has survived worse than this. And so have you. But Jasper…you need to hold yourself together. For her. If she wakes up and finds you broken, what will that do to her? She needs your strength.”
Her
