Chapter 81 : A Mother's Love

I heard my name being whispered through the assorted chaos.

"Olivia Richardson wasn't in the chapel when Toby was pushed in the water," someone whispered.

I looked around, my heart beating faster as I heard the rumors and speculations fly through the guests.

"She changed her dress," someone else said.

"Did she change because her dress got wet?" another voice asked.

"Why would she push a child?"

"She was the only one not here at the time of the incident," someone else said.

"Ellis Peterson wasn't here either," another voice said.

I shook my head. How quickly a rumor like that spread. The last time I had seen Toby, he and Ken were playing happily in the gardens together.

"You b*tch!" that shrill voice that had been screaming earlier shouted. A woman ran right up to me and slapped my face.

My head snapped to the side and I rubbed my tender cheek.

"How dare you hurt my son! He could die because of you!" she cried. She tried to hit me again but I stepped bac