Chapter 51

Zachary and Ingrid turned around.

"Angie!"

"A-Angie!"

Both cried out at the same time.

Angeline was extremely pale under the dim hallway light. She was staring fixedly at Ned with bloodshot eyes.

"You pushed Anne?" Her voice was deathly cold and raspy.

"Angie, Ned didn't mean to! Anne kept pushing Ned, wanting him to look at some photos so Ned just pushed her a little. We were on the sidewalk. None of us expected a car to swerve toward her!" Ingrid hurriedly explained to Angeline.

Ingrid carefully held the latter's arm. "Ned immediately reached out to grab Anne when the car drove onto the sidewalk, but he didn't manage to do so in time. He fractured his arm in the process too. He never expected…"

Angeline wasn't listening to anything Ingrid was saying. The only thing echoing in her mind was Ingrid's words from earlier that the car wouldn't have struck Anne if Ned hadn't pushed her.

Despair and fury consumed Angeline. Tears poured from her eyes as she flung Ingrid's hand away a