ent now locked in Jax's briefcase and on its way back to New York. Her new phone rested on the

her old number, she noted with mild su

nsultation. 3

o-book doctor Eleonora had just told her about. So the Kni

y the renowned Dr. Evans, was finishing their examination of

kind but serious. "The tumor is aggressive, but it'

illiant, surged thr

will be costly," he continued, his tone sobering. "You're

m her lungs. She knew the Knight Foundation had agreed to cover it, but the reality of owing so much-of being so deeply indebt

her mother's room. Laura was awake, he

rate," Alayna told her, forci

"See? I told you. I'm

emories, bad TV shows, the flowers on the windowsill. When

ton air doing little to clear her head. She p

eonora appeare

e after all! Someone pulled strings big time. Is it that Knight Foundation

lurring. Haskell. It had to be. He'd made

Her mother was in good hands. Whatever came next, w

ed phone and opened the me

d. Dr. Evans says s

me in less t

. Get s

. And for the first time in a long t