Chapter 17 Misfortune

• “I hate you, Declan... I hate you,” Sarah repeated several times, her consciousness still hazy and far from fully restored.
• The people keeping watch over Sarah could do nothing but anxiously hope that the string of misfortunes would finally come to an end. Even in her half-conscious state, Sarah could faintly hear the heated argument taking place around her. Her mind had yet to fully recover after the procedure performed by the doctor several hours earlier, but somehow, her ears remained sensitive enough to catch every voice in the room.
• There was Mia’s agitated voice, the shrill voice of the woman Sarah believed to be Mrs. Sastro, and another deep male voice she did not recognize.