Chapter 5 - The Web of Lies
Emily pointed a shaky, trembling finger at Margaret. 'She... she pushed me!' Her voice was hysterical, raw with the injustice of the moment. She felt the tears streaming down her face, hot and stinging.
Ethan looked up at his mother, his confusion warring with his devotion. Margaret let out a shuddering, shaky laugh, a sound of profound pain. 'Ethan, I don't know what’s wrong with her,' Margaret said, her voice shaking with forced emotion. 'I was in the kitchen, and I heard her scream. I came running, but she... she just threw herself down. She’s trying to blame me, Ethan. You know she’s been so erratic lately. The pregnancy, the pressure...'
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'I didn't!' Emily sobbed, clutching her abdomen. 'Ethan, you have to believe me! She pushed me! She told me to lie to you!'
Ethan looked between them, his face a mask of turmoil. He looked at Margaret, the woman who had raised him, and then at Emily, his wife, who lay broken and weeping on the floor. The seeds of doubt that Margaret had been planting for months were finally bearing fruit. Ethan looked at Emily, and for the first time, Emily saw it—not anger, but pity. The most dangerous emotion of all.
