, Evelyn stepped onto the free

ss clinging to her body and stole the

a cab. She simply

opping street into the sile

et even that pain felt small comparing

the house she had liv

ed her touch, and the door unloc

waited

and no one stood ther

d in the foyer, looking slowly aroun

it held memori

offee maker she had picked out for him in the dining a

wall, an oversized

hile resting against his shoulder, her

tness was

to the tips of her feet, and p

crashed onto the floor

t and scattered

now split straight through t

ked up a jagged shard, and d

p. Drops of blood fell onto the photogr

pletely unawar

half of the damaged picture from

t into pieces and toss

rned around and walked u

ings, memories surged th

ngagement, she had given Carsten

ounger days. The vow that they would re

eved they would g

elt like nothing

g ring of her phone s

riend, Nicola Lambert, spoke through

m out of intensive care. They've cut off h

d went blank

rom her fingers and

picked it up, grabbed her car ke

Please wait for m

n the road towar

ly on the steering wheel. Her p

lly crossed the

s her m

never perform surgery again, he had held her while

er your mother my mother. I'll care

ill happen to her. The Ward family's best me

r home. I'll hire the finest medic

just tr

d believed every wor

another woman and used her mother'

creamed behind Ev

e steering wh

he tires scraped har

t into the guardrail at

burst open i

ital, the monitor beside her mother's

d Violet to the house's guest room

osened his tie. Irritation lingered in his mood, ye

ed out your orders. Miss Curtis' mother's medication has been stopped. The doctor says i

o silence him, his voic

d, his expressi

me back yet

Miss Curtis so far. Should

on Carsten's face. "Where could she possibly go? She

open a drawer, and took out a fre

packed with dif

dicine that could save her mother..." Carsten placed the document neatly on the d

ghtly. "And if Miss Curtis come

moment. The smile o

live, she must bring the signed agreement over