Kisa was startled and looked at the bedside instruments in a panic.
The electrocardiogram was flashing a red alarm light. As the nerve-racking alarm sounded, doctors and nurses rushed at once.
Kisa was so anxious that her face turned pale. She asked a doctor, "What's wrong with Mrs. Kooper Sr.?"
Suddenly, a powerful force grabbed her by the wrist. When she looked up, her eyes met Gilbert's icy, resentful gaze. She did not even know when Gilbert had come over.
"Kelvin, save my grandmother." With that, Gilbert yanked Kisa out of the room and dumped her unceremoniously onto the snow. He hated her to the core. "Why won't you leave her alone after what Grandma has become?"
"I did not. I did nothing to your grandmother."
"Grandma's condition has always been stable. If you hadn't done something to her, how would the instrument have sounded its alarm?"
His furious roar left her speechless. Kisa shook her head helplessly, as she had done five years ago, unable to defend herself.
"Kisa, why don't you just die?" Gilbert grabbed her by the collar, causing her face to turn red. Looking at her ugly red face, he wished he could cut her to pieces. "I told you before that Grandma will not wake up. Are you still afraid that she will wake up and expose you? You even went so far to make use of Andrew. What else do you know besides using a child?"
"I didn't..." Kisa spoke with difficulty but firmly. But no matter how vehemently she denied and argued, it was still useless. After today's incident, the man would be even more convinced that she was the one who hurt his grandmother.
Seeing his extreme hatred toward her, she suddenly burst out laughing. "Why don't you ever look into it carefully? Grandma treated me so well. What motive did I have to hurt her?"
"Because you are heartless. You are vicious. You are sinister and vicious to the core." With that, he threw her to the ground forcefully. "You'd better pray Grandma survives, or I will make sure you die along with her. I mean it this time."
Kisa fell hard on the snow, her body shaking violently from the cough. And because of the coughing and the icy wind, her internal organs hurt so much that they felt like exploding. She curled up in pain and looked at the man's back, wanting to laugh, but her rolling tears kept falling down. 'I did not hurt Grandma. Why does everyone refuse to believe me? Why?'
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