Chapter 2138 Big Fool
- He bit down on his lower lip, scrubbed the tears from his swollen face, and pushed on. “A year ago, a teammate handed me a basket of grapes—air-shipped, still cool with condensation. I tasted one; it was unbelievably sweet. My sister loves grapes, so I didn't eat them and decided on the spot to bring them to her. Remembering her warning, I phoned first, not wanting to anger her in-laws. I called again and again, but she never answered. Fear knotted my gut, so I carried that basket straight to the Shaw residence.
- “There, in the upstairs bedroom, I found her—head wrapped in gauze, both eyes swollen shut, skin the color of dark plums. I stood frozen and asked what had happened. She lied—said she'd slipped down the staircase. And I believed her. I truly thought Darren Shaw couldn't possibly hit his own wife. God, I was blind.
- “Back at school, unease gnawed at me; the staircase story refused to sit still. Weeks later, I returned without warning. New bruises lay over the old like thunderclouds piling across an already dark sky. As stupid as I was, I understood by then. I asked her straight out—was it Darren beating her?