Chapter 7

Angeline brought a chair over to the couch and sat down opposite Sean, with the coffee table between them.

Sean treated Ned and Ingrid coldly and with hostility, but he was a whole different person when talking to Angeline. He sounded a lot more gentler with her. "What's with the injuries on your body?"

"Ned pushed me. I then banged my head against the fake hill …"

"I'm not talking about the injuries on your head," Sean interrupted.

Ned had just sent Ingrid off and was on his way back to his ward when he overheard Sean asking the question. He stepped back and peered through the crack in the door to Angeline's ward.

Angeline had a reserved expression on her face. She spoke calmly as if she was just reciting someone else's story. "The Emmersons said it was time for Benjamin to get married, so they wanted me to buy him a car and a house. That's why we fought at the college gates."

Angeline wasn't lying. However, she only told him part of the full story.

The Emmersons didn't come to