Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change? novel Chapter 1

"Ah! Please help me! It hurts so much!"

Amidst the agonizing cries for help, a crowd gathered, swelling in number.

Sherilyn Gomez stood frozen at the top of the staircase on the second floor, her gaze shifting from the tumbling figure of Caroline Bennett below to her hands, utterly bewildered.

"How did this happen?" she murmured.

Why did Caroline suddenly fall?

"What's going on here?" someone asked.

It was the Johnson family's annual feast, attended by numerous guests. The arriving crowd encircled Caroline, who lay at the bottom of the stairs.

"What happened? How did she fall?"

"She, she..." Despite her pain, Caroline looked up toward the top of the stairs. It suddenly dawned on everyone.

"Sherilyn pushed her!"

"Oh my God! Sherilyn, no matter how much you dislike Caroline, you can't go this far! She's pregnant, for heaven's sake!"

"Exactly! That's too much."

"No, no..." Faced with the accusations, Sherilyn went pale as she shook her head vigorously.

She wanted to explain that she hadn't pushed Caroline. But no one was willing to listen.

"Move aside!" A deep, authoritative voice sliced through the crowd, arriving a bit late.

It was Gilbert Johnson, Sherilyn's husband of barely two months.

"Gilbert..." Sherilyn brightened up, hoping for his support.

However, Gilbert looked up sharply, his gaze as piercing as a knife, landing squarely on her. "What have you done?"

"No!" Sherilyn flinched, shaking her head. "It wasn't me..."

"If not you, then who?" Gilbert didn't buy it, and his good-looking face scrunched up in disgust and hate. "You think Caroline jumped by herself, huh? Do you think nobody knows you've been picking on her all this time? Do I need to list them all out for you?"

Gilbert's harsh and unloving tone left Sherilyn speechless, unable to speak.