Chapter 4 - Adrian Apologized for Slapping Me—Then Emma Reached for My Hand and Exposed the Real BetrayalWhen Adrian entered the interview room, I expected anger.
Instead, he looked exhausted.
He stopped several feet away.
“I was wrong.”
I stared at him.
“You hit me.”
“I know.”
“You called me a murderer.”
“I know.”
“You let them arrest me.”
His jaw tightened.
“I know.”
I laughed bitterly.
“Then we're done.”
He stepped closer.
“No.”
“What do you want?”
“To apologize.”
“Your apology doesn't give me back three days.”
“No.”
He looked at me.
“But it may save your sister.”
My heart stopped.
“What?”
“Your sister's surgery.”
He told me the operation had been moved up.
He would pay for it.
I refused.
“I'm not taking your money.”
“It's not charity.”
“Then what is it?”
“A debt.”
I stared.
“You owe me nothing.”
“You saved my daughter.”
I looked away.
“I would have saved anyone.”
“That is exactly why I'm helping you.”
Before I could answer, a nurse brought Emma into the room.
She was wrapped in a pink blanket.
The moment she heard my voice, she reached for me.
Adrian froze.
Emma grabbed my finger.
Then smiled.
I felt tears in my eyes.
“She remembers you.”
I smiled.
“Maybe.”
Adrian looked at his daughter.
Then at me.
And something changed between us.
For the first time, he didn't see me as an enemy.
He saw me as the woman who had saved his child.
But then Emma suddenly turned her head.
Her eyes locked on the hallway.
She began crying.
Adrian frowned.
“What is it?”
Dante appeared.
Behind him stood Karen.
Emma began screaming.
Karen stepped backward.
Adrian's expression changed.
“You've been around her every day.”
Karen began shaking.
Emma reached for me.
Not Karen.
Me.
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Adrian finally understood.
His daughter was afraid of her nanny.
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