Chapter 378
“But it’s okay. I kept telling myself the Charles family already gave me so much. If Lance doesn’t want me around, then I’ll just leave.
I’ve done everything I can. You can’t keep blaming me every time something goes wrong, can you?
If you really think I can’t do anything right, maybe I should just disappear.
Everyone keeps saying I only have what I have thanks to the Charles family. So, if I give my life back, will that finally be enough p>
Sarah suddenly lost it. She rushed across the room, grabbed a fruit knife from the table, and before anyone could react, she dragged it across her wrist. Blood started pouring everywhere.
No one could react fast enough. By the time they realized what was happening, her skin was already cut open and the blood just kept coming.
She didn’t hold back at all. Blood ran in rivulets down her arm. Tessa hurried to her, fumbling with tissues and clumsily trying to stop the bleeding, but they turned red in seconds.
Oscar snapped out of his shock and yelled for someone to call an ambulance.
The whole place erupted into chaos. All eyes were on Sarah. Nobody paid Lance any attention anymore.
Sarah slumped against Tessa, pale as a ghost, and still tried to reassure her with a shaky voice. “Tessa, don’t worry about me. I’m not afraid. I owe the Charles family this much. I can pay it back. I just hope… maybe now Lance will stop doubting me p>
“Don’t say that, Sarah, please.” Tessa tried to soothe her. “You’ve always been kind and sweet. You would never do something awful. This is all Lance’s mistake. He’s just upset and pointing fingers without any proof. This isn’t your fault, I know it’s not. Please, don’t talk, just try to hang in there, okay? We’re getting you to the hospital. I promise, I won’t let anyone hurt you again p>
Sarah nodded weakly, her body going limp in Tessa’s arms. The blood from her wrist kept soaking through the wadded-up cloth, leaving Tessa’s hands sticky and red.
The ambulance got there fast. Oscar carefully lifted Sarah and carried her out.
Darwin threw Lance a cold, hard look, then followed everyone else outside and got in the ambulance too.
Suddenly, the huge living room of the Charles Estate felt empty, with only Lance, Camilla, Jasper, and Wallace left behind.
Before, while Tessa was here, Wallace had at least a little spine, willing to argue back. But now, with everyone gone, he shrunk in on himself, trying to pretend he didn’t exist.
Jasper was still shaken by what happened. He hid in Camilla’s arms, his voice small. “Mommy, that lady looked so sad. Is she going to be okay? Shouldn’t we go check on her p>
Leave it to a kid to see things so simply. He saw Sarah bleeding and naturally thought she was the one being hurt. Worry was written all over his face.
Lance’s expression darkened even further. After all this drama, Sarah was now sitting on a throne of sympathy, immune to any suspicion. With Tessa defending her so fiercely, nobody was going to dare question Sarah anymore.
But still…
He wasn’t ready to let go. He bent down to Jasper, forcing a smile. “It’s late, buddy. Aren’t you hungry? Why don’t you and Mom go ahead and eat? I’ll come join you in a bit, okay p>
Camilla saw right through him. He clearly wanted to get to Sarah, no matter what.
But the way things were, Tessa would be hovering over Sarah every second, and Lance showing up now would only make everything explode. She caught his hand, squeezing it gently. “Let’s just go home. Jasper wants to have dinner together, right p>
Jasper caught on that something was wrong too. With a quick glance from Camilla, he nodded and looked up at Lance. “Daddy… I want to eat with you. I like when you make dinner p>
Lance met Camilla’s eyes, seeing the gentle, hopeful curve of her lips. He finally nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Wallace on the floor.
He had planned to drag Wallace out with him, but the Charles family butler appeared, phone in hand. “Lance, Darwin just called. Wallace is supposed to stay here at the estate for now p>
“For what? So you all can figure out a way to let Sarah off the hook?” Lance shot back, his voice sharp as ever.
He watched them scramble and panic, everyone suddenly running after Sarah and her bleeding wrist, and it hit him how absurd his position in this family really was.
The butler’s face didn’t change. “That’s not it, Lance. Darwin isn’t unreasonable. He wants the truth, no matter what it is. If you don’t trust him, you can always come by tomorrow and see for yourself p>
Camilla tugged his arm. “Let’s go, Lance. I don’t think Grandpa would ignore what’s right. Jasper’s hungry. Let’s just take him home p>
There was nothing more to be gained by fighting about this tonight. The most Camilla could do was keep Lance from losing his cool.
Sarah was sly, no doubt about that. Unless they caught her in the act, throwing more accusations at her in this state would get them nowhere.