Victoria gasped loudly when she turned around and noticed Ethan standing right at the open doorway.
She quickly pulled her feet backward as if she had been caught doing something very wrong.
Ethan stepped into the room with heavy footsteps that echoed across the quiet marble floor.
He stared at his stepmother with complete disbelief and deep anger rising inside his chest.
Ethan: What did you do to my wife?
Victoria: Wait! Wait! It's not what you think!
Ethan took another quick step forward and pointed his finger directly at Victoria's nervous face.
Ethan: I saw you standing right over her while she was crying on the cold floor!
Victoria: I was just trying to reach down and help her get back into bed!
Ethan: You always hated that Clara was bringing a new heir into our family business!
Victoria backed away until her knees hit the metal frame of the high hospital bed.
Her hands were shaking as she tried to calm down her furious stepson right now.
Victoria: Please listen to me for one second before you say something you regret!
Ethan: You came here to cause trouble while I was busy working at the office!
Clara tried to speak up from her place on the floor near the spilled red juice.
Clara: Ethan, please stop yelling for a moment and let her explain what happened!
Ethan was too angry to listen to his wife's soft and weak voice right then.
He stepped between Victoria and Clara to protect his wife from any further stress or worry.
Victoria sat down on the edge of the white bed while wiping a tear from her eye.
She felt completely helpless because her stepson refused to believe a single word she said.
The room grew uncomfortably silent as everyone waited to see what would happen next.