Chapter 63: A Means To An End
Away from there, the atmosphere in the hospital lounge was heavy with tension, even though the surgery had been a success as Regina, Elizabeth and Ivy paced back and forth, brainstorming on what they could do about the situation.
"We need to act," Elizabeth said in a hushed but firm voice, pulling the two women closer into a corner of the room. "Before she gets another chance to come back. I don’t think she’d give up on Stefan just like that after spending the last six months with him."
Regina looked visibly stressed, her fingers nervously clutching her purse. "I knew she’d cause trouble. That was why I didn’t want her to continue staying by Stefan’s side. She knew very well he was never hers to start with so why would she want to do this? You saw how she spoke in there. It’s like she’s obsessed."
"No," Ivy said quietly, straightening her back and wiping her eyes with a new surge of determination. "She’s not obsessed. She’s dangerous. She’s threatening everything we’ve worked for."
"Exactly," Elizabeth agreed, eyes hardening. "That’s why we can’t afford to let her near Stefan again. Not now. Not ever."
Regina swallowed. "Then what do we do?"
Elizabeth lowered her voice, her tone growing cold and calculated. "We send her away."
Ivy’s head snapped toward her. "Send her away? How?"
"How else? Offer her money to leave. All this started because of me.... No. Because of you Ivy. If you hadn’t left that day, none of this would be happening now. I don’t even know why you decided to come back—"
"If you blame me so much then why didn’t you let Ruby reveal the truth? Why did you help me?" Ivy cut in, clearly irritated by Elizabeth trying to turn everything on her.
How could they even think of blaming her for leaving? Why would they think she’d happily and willingly marry a blind man? They must be fools.
"Because I don’t Stefan to be disappointed in me. If the truth comes out, he’d be as much angry at me as he’d be with you so I couldn’t have let Ruby tell him. I’m doing this for myself not because I’m helping you. You don’t deserve my support after what you did to my son," Elizabeth said and Ivy rolled her eyes.