Chapter 537

Joey was greeted by the scent of blood when the door opened. When she stepped in, she immediately saw the pool of blood on the living room floor. "What the hell happened here, Mario?" she snapped. How had things ended up like this when the holidays had just begun? Mario stammered as he recounted what had happened. Since it was the first day of the holiday season, Mia should've gone home to celebrate with her family. She and Mario had yet to register their marriage, so she wasn't considered a member of the Atkinson family. Stacy had started urging her to leave in the afternoon. Mia's baby bump was quite large now. The Fowlers had scorned her for getting pregnant out of wedlock—they thought she was a disgrace and had forbidden her from returning since she'd started showing. Her parents didn't like that she was pregnant. They felt that the neighbors would mock them if they were to see how heavily pregnant she was; they also worried no one would want to marry Jonathan if they knew abou