Eloise felt her body freeze at the words Meredith had shouted.

Her hand trembled as it pushed hard at the door to the conjugal room.

The three inside jolted at Eloise’s sudden arrival.

“Mrs. Montgomery... What are you doing here?” Rose shot up from her seat to look uneasily at Eloise.

Meredith looked calm now that the wave of shock had passed. “Are you here to see me, Mom? What happened to your hand? What’s with the bandages?”

Her tone was now kind and the look in her eyes was delicate, leaving no traces of the dominance and bossiness that were there mere moments ago.

Eloise could not care less about Meredith’s false concern and greetings, for her eyes were currently boring into that ever-so delicate-looking appearance. “The words you just said, did you mean them?”

Meredith was stunned. She deduced that Eloise must have heard the words she shouted earlier in unrestrained anger.

“You’ve misunderstood, Mom. It’s just…”

“I did not misunderstand!” Eloise interrupted ici