THE DOCTOR WAS LOYAL TO ME

Her voice was calm and cold. “What…what are you saying, child?” I stuttered. My eyes widened as I stared at the stranger before me. Jennifer laughed. A deep, dark laugh, one that sent shivers straight to my spine. “Oh! Don’t act obtuse old man. You clearly know exactly what I’m talking about,” she hissed, moving closer to me until she was just a foot away. “Ethan was, is and will always be mine, and you know it,” she hissed in rage. Her nails dug into the skin of my arms as she gripped them tightly. “I am supposed to be the young madam of the Blackwood’s family. Me!” She screamed, letting go of my arms as she pointed to herself. “Me and no one else! You have always known that, yet, you forced him to marry that stupid bitch, how dare you!” She roared and within a fraction of second, her hands were wrapped tightly around my throat, cutting off my air. My eyes flared in shock, my frail old and weak hands moving to her hands as I struggled to move it away, yet it was futile. “Ethan belon