"I caused her to be like this?" Joseph Thompson laughed derisively upon hearing Susanna Smith's words, "There are surveillance cameras on the road, and the police have been notified. It's crystal clear who hit who. I have no need to waste my breath on you."
Susanna Smith was stunned on the spot, having forgotten about the surveillance and the police. In the moment of her shock, Joseph turned around with Jaylene Ziel and left.
Mateo Torres gave Susanna Smith a warning look, then took Bella White's hand and also departed!
...
Early the next day, after the anesthesia had worn off, Phoebe Smith finally woke up in pain to discover she had lost a leg. She was completely stupefied.
It was as if the entire world had vanished in an instant. She leaned against the headboard like an idiot, her mind a complete blank...
She found it almost impossible to imagine what the world would be like now that she had become a cripple.
