once and lowered he

d on the red mark on her face, and an old memory surfaced unbidden. The calm poise she carried was uncannil

kicking up dust that drifted back and settled squarel

t ungrateful girl! No upbringing at all.

"Hold on-wasn't that car featured on the cover of last week's financial magazi

awn tightly together as his gaze followe

t something money

ahead of time?" she said slowly. "Otherwise, the timing is too perfect. And the way she got into that car...

uscles in his jaw clenched, and the veins

.

finally broke the silence.

d. "It's roughly a two-hou

. Tulip Villas was known as the most tightly

moment and spoke again. "Tom, could we

ll?" Concern immediatel

ly. "I want to see Alexander Ba

ther had been the only one who eve

igated the corridors with familiarit

The illness had drained him terribly-his b

ed out and gently wrapped her

mm

ar voice sound

ed around. Seeing the man, she gave a sm

sigh. "The outlook isn't good. The cancer has metastasized. At this

then pulled a small vial from her po

container with confusion. S

ly ten vials have ever been released wor

gered on Emma,

ou just happened to walk by, took one glance, and solved it. Since Alexander w

r, disbelief pl

ho exactly

eadable, clearly unintereste

nothing but a blessing to the Baxters, and yet look h

upted with a dry, faint smile. "Ple

or any of the family drama. It was simply t

d by the adjacent ward, she glimpsed a flurr

as taken a sharp turn for

surgery is the

er. The family is expected wi

scene, settling on the frail, pale f

the heart monitor filled

through the noise. "He has no more than twenty minut