Chapter 52: Eyes Don't Lie
STELLA
I pushed the door open with enough force to spread it wide apart.
Thanks to every holy soul and the universe, it was a Sunday evening but I had one duty: to be in the hospital.
Rebecca was still sleeping when I walked in. I placed the fruits gently on the drawer beside her bed.
It had been one month of walking in and out of this hospital.
I'd left here in the morning to shop for groceries for her.
I bought only a little because after all, she'd be discharged soon enough.
My parents had reached out to me just once after the incident.
All they could say, was “When she's done faking all the news she wants, she'll get married to him."
My bastard ingrate of a Father had told me shamelessly over the phone.
"Stella,” She whispered my name, jol
