Sage
“Why did you lie to me?” Eve asked, tears streaming down her face, voice trembling with raw hurt.
She stood over the hospital bed, fists clenched at her sides.
“How could you!” she yelled, stepping closer and pounding my chest with both hands, over and over. Each hit was weak, more pain than force, but it cut deeper than any claw.
I couldn’t speak. Couldn’t defend myself.
My face felt cold and bloodless, lips dry and cracked, and my eyes stinging hot and red. I just stared up at her, chest tight, throat closed.
“Say something!” she screamed, crying harder now, sobs breaking her words. “Tell me it’s a f*****g lie at least. f*****g tell me that bastard murdered my family!”
Silence swallowed the room.
“Why aren’t you saying anything, you jerk?” she shouted, voice cracking comple
