Annabel looked up to see Carson. He watched her humiliation in silence from the doorway.
She was on her knees with a painful ache on her lip and a searing burn on her cheek.
She thought he would rush to her to yell at his mother or do anything else. He just stared though.
His expression was one of shock and something else she couldn't quite put her finger on.
Then he stepped back as she watched his gaze fall from her tear-streaked face to the blood on her lip.
For a long painful moment he just stood there. His gaze then strayed from hers. Slowly as though it took a lot of effort, he c****d his head to the side.
His hand then rested on the doorframe as he retreated another step.
“Carson?” Annabel muttered in a tiny shattered supplication.
He avoided her gaze. He didn’t say a
