Chapter 767 A Crime Punishable by Death?

Rebecca nodded, her lips cracked and bleeding from biting down too hard. I could tell she was freaked out. I sucked in a breath, at a loss for words to make it better. All I could think to do was to have Mom whip up something for her to eat. Seeing that I was on board, she stood up quickly. "My baby's still small, so I can't stay away too long, and my mother-in-law's sick, I gotta get back. Ms. Scott, I'm counting on you with Inch's thing, okay?" She was out the door in an instant, not even waiting for Mom to enter the kitchen. Mom watched her go, letting out a sigh. "Kids these days, always in such a hurry. She looks like she's fresh out of the delivery room, still pale as a ghost. Why's she out and about already?" Once she was gone, Mom turned her worry on me. "Yvette, you better not pull a stunt like that. A woman's gotta take care after having a baby. She's gonna pay for it later if she doesn't." I watched Rebecca's back as she left, Mom's words sinking in. I did the math—Reb