"You're lying! What about Lara? She followed me all the way to the university hospital. There's no way she didn't know my mom has brain cancer, that the tumor could rupture at any moment under strong stimulation and kill her instantly. Aren't they basically murderers?!"
"Sophie, stop these groundless accusations. Things aren't as simple as you think!" Ned said sternly.
Sophie closed her eyes. A sudden wave of sorrow washed over her. The man she had trusted completely wasn't standing by her side at all. He kept defending his mother, kept defending his childhood family friend, completely disregarding her own mother who was hanging between life and death…
She opened her eyes again and stared fixedly at her mother inside the ICU. Then, all of a sudden, she realized—her mother had already woken up. Sarah's frail eyes were open just a slit, looking at her with worry… and at him.
