A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 578

It sounded like a reasonable excuse. In fact, it was a perfectly valid reason… if the child were healthy and well.

But now, with the child’s life hanging in the balance, it was no excuse at all.

Fairfax’s heart sank. Faced with Brinley’s unwavering refusal, the doubt in his mind swelled, growing larger and darker.

He closed his eyes for a moment, then asked coolly, “So we just let him die?”

Brinley froze.

He had said those words so lightly, but they landed on her with crushing weight. Her heart leaped into her throat. “No! We can’t let him die!”

“Then what do you suggest we do? Are you going to get Justin? Or should I? As you can see, I can’t get him to come!”

Brinley’s face stiffened at his frustrated tone.

Fairfax was laying the grim reality bare before her.

She sniffled, her voice choked with unshed tears.

“Who else knows Justin? It’s her, isn’t it?” he continued, the “her” clearly referring to Starla. “So right now, we do whatever she says.”

“She wants my son to live his entire life whispered about in shame,” Brinley protested.

“Then you choose,” Fairfax snapped, his voice sharp and brutal. “A life of whispers, or death.”

The words hit her like a physical blow. Brinley’s face went rigid, as if frozen by the frigid air.

“Maybe you don’t understand the situation,” Fairfax went on, his tone unforgiving. “You’re choosing between life and death for your child. Life, or death!”

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