54 Manipulative And Cruel

An ear piercing silence echoed in the room of four, everyone with their own thought. Mrs Steele had her gaze fixed on her husband who hasn't said a word to her since she arrived. He had requested for her presence, and she wondered what they were doing in a hospital.

"Jacob," She softly called his name, but the man said nothing, he didn't even spare her a glance, but she could see the anger buried in his eyes. She looked at the men who had brought her, but they shrugged and stepped out of sight, leaving just her and her husband.

"Jacob?" She called again, but the man briefly glanced at her, his eyes almost spitting fire and brimstone before he turned away, a heavy sigh rolling out of his lips. With how tight he fisted his entangled hands, she could tell he was enraged, as well as nervous. But why?