A woman's shrill scream suddenly came from the doorway: "Stop! You stop it! Ah! Who are you? Who allowed you to touch my son?"
Mrs. Fletcher rushed forward in a swift stride, using brute force to pull Serena Summers away from the bedside.
Caught off guard, Serena stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Just when Serena thought she was going to fall, a warm hand suddenly wrapped around her waist, pulling her into an embrace.
A warm wall suddenly pressed against her back, and Serena instinctively looked up, her eyes crashing into Lucas Shaw's dark, brooding eyes.
"Husband? How did you get here?"
Serena looked at him in surprise.
Lucas Shaw steadied her by the shoulders, then took her hand and held it tightly in his palm, whispering, "Ethan Wells told me that after you left the bar, you left with two strangers, and I was worried."
With that, he turned his gaze to Claire Lane and Nathan Fletcher.