Chapter 48

"Too bad for you that this guard dog has known her longer," I told him. "This isn't like when I wasn't around to protect her from you."

Sighing as he walked by me, he said, "You make it sound like I'm a monster," adding, "I took the colors out of her eyes, so maybe I am a monster. To this day, I still feel guilty about it.”

In a word, I detested him.

He deeply regretted what he had done.

If he had confronted her in his current state, she would have forgiven him immediately.

I just couldn't allow that to take place.

"Oh, you're here?" Crystal asked as she and Sarah walked out of the doctor's office wearing scrubs.

“I wanted to check up on you," I said.

Sneering at me, Sarah said, "I'll go ahead."

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Ambulance on its way, a labor," she replied.

I smiled and said, "Oh, goo