His Lies, Her New Beginning

way, my mother clutched her chest. Her face

, catching her as

ain and shock. "My... my pills," she wheezed,

, my hands shaking so badly I could barely open the clasp. I found the small b

ng an ambulance," I said, my voice

ick up, I called Mark. I needed him. Despite everything, a desperate, foolish

g, his voice impatient. "What

reaming down my face. "She's having a

. "A heart attack

she's not breathin

whining. "Mark, my stomach hurts... Don't listen t

y mother as if she were his own. He' d held her hand after her first heart scare fi

ho had ever truly loved me, who had ever been on m

Peterson, if you don't turn this ca

this up! You're just jealous of Brittany and the baby! You'

you monster!" I scre

priority now. You and your mothe

ne wen

ose them. He left my mo

its way, but it was caught in traffic. It could be

edan, not the broken-down monument to his lies. With strength I didn't know I possess

tling her into the passenger seat.

ds slick with sweat on the steering wheel. We finally screeched to a halt

ng a heart attack!

a gurney. They were working on her,

looking perfectly fine, while Mark was talking animatedly with a doctor. They had taken the best cardiac spec

e raw. "My mother is dying, and you're he

octor attending to my mom, but Mark grabbe

. "You are making a scene! Dr. Evans is consulting o

I yelled, trying to pull free. "L

ath, a human wall between my mother

and menacing. "You can't stand to see anyone else happ

ungs. The man I had loved for a decade was standing in front of me, letting m