13. THE PRICE FOR FORGIVENESS

~RUBY

I was shaking profusely.

My hands, my legs, my whole body was shaking uncontrollably as I watched Ethan dive into the water to save his brother.

I was in a daze. Everything seemed blurry to me and the world slowed down. I watched with unseeing eyes as Ethan carried his brother out of the water, the same thought ringing in my head.

I almost killed someone.

I almost caused the death of Ethan's brother. My in law. A perfectly healthy person.

Was I so far gone in my head, my unreasonable anger, that I was stupid enough to do something as dangerous as that?

He could have drowned. He could have swallowed the water and died. And it would have been my fault, I would have been arrested and be prepared to be sent to jail, if Ethan had not been around.

I was a fool.

Ethan was pumping his brother's chest, trying to get him to spit out the pool water he had swallowed. Ash was breathing only narrowly, and he was unconscious.

His skin had become red, as rashes app