Hayley Cole forcefully blinked, pushing back the blurry tears in her eyes.
Right, she still had Charlotte Reed to stand up for her.
Mom...
Before Hayley Cole could call out the word, she heard Charlotte Reed anxiously question, "How could you hit her?"
Hayley Cole's aggrieved, burning tears gushed out, only to plummet to freezing point at Charlotte Reed's next words, making her shiver all over.
"What if someone sees the injuries?"
What did Charlotte Reed mean?
Were the injuries on her body less important than being seen by others?
In Charlotte Reed's eyes, was a beating less significant than saving face?
"It's okay, I hit her on the stomach where no one can see." James Reed's voice was so cold it made Hayley Cole's heart tremble non-stop. In her impression, James Reed had always been gentle and polite; when had she ever heard such terrifying rhetoric from him?
