Chapter 167 A Sense Of Unease (One)

• Jessica did not say anything, which wasn't surprising, considering that they said that she could not talk yet. She merely stared at Carol as her eyes focused on her, as though she did not know what to make of her. Carol looked back at her, feeling stupid for even coming here in the first place. This woman did not know her, and for some reason, Carol felt uncomfortable with the way Jessica was staring at her. Jessica was staring at her as though she knew her, or had met her before, and did not like her one bit, but that was quite absurd.
• "Um, we came to see how you're doing. You don't know me, but I'm married to Sebastian. We brought you some things." Carol tried again, indicating the gifts and flowers that she had stowed in one corner of the room. Jessica did not show interest in the gifts. Rather, she continued to stare at Carol with that penetrating gaze that was very unsettling. Carol did not miss how Jessica's eyes narrowed a bit when she had said that she was married to Sebastian. Fed up, Carol looked over at Charlotte, who was frozen in place, for help, but there was no help to be had there. As a matter of fact, Charlotte was trying her best to look very small and not be noticed.
• "This is Melissa. We came together." Carol said, at last, looking over to where Charlotte was standing on the other side of the bed and watching Jessica. Carol wanted to divert Jessica's attention from her by all means as she was not comfortable with the dislike, bordering on hatred that she saw in her eyes. Charlotte watched as Jessica stiffened at the name and rolled her eyes slowly to face the direction that Carol had indicated, terror, replacing the instant dislike that had been in those blue eyes when she was looking at Carol. She jerked on the bed, and Charlotte was sure that if she could scream, she would have been screaming out her lungs and alerting the whole hospital to Charlotte's presence.