Chapter 4

When I tossed the keys, it was like I set off a bomb, igniting the tension in the room.

"Charlie!" Edward cried out, his face turning white as a sheet.

Suddenly, he clutched his chest, his body swaying, his breath coming in short, ragged gasps.

"Edward! What's wrong?" Susan rushed over and grabbed him, then spun around and yelled at me, her face frantic, "Charlotte! Look what you've done! Are you trying to kill him?"

She soothed Edward's breathing while deftly pulling a small bottle from her bag, shaking out a few pills, and feeding them to him.

Edward leaned…