Chapter 6
The operating room light was on, but I couldn’t see what was happening inside.
I clenched my fists, standing stiffly outside the door, my entire body as tense as a wire about to snap.
Quiet footsteps approached from behind as Nathan followed me.
He glanced at my leg and suggested softly, “Mia, your leg is badly injured. At least let a doctor look at it.
“If you need treatment, I can help by keeping watch on the surgery situation…”
“Stop trying to act like you care!”
I glared at him with bloodshot eyes. “With you around, I can’t rest easy!”
His face paled, and he finally fell silent.
Nathan stood beside me and called my brother James, urging him to come back.
The hallway was so quiet that I could hear James’s impatient voice through the phone.
“You’re believing Mia’s lies too?
“She’s been a liar since she was little. Now to trick me into coming back, she’s made up such a ridiculous story.”
Nathan spoke urgently, “Come back quickly! There really were intruders. Your mother and sister are both hurt!”
