t stop ringing as he dr

ashing on the screen

kes and answered just

forcing a gentle t

he old woman's powerful voice barked through t

answering patiently. "Valerie is ill. S

arried man, and she's still sneaking around with you! She plays the innocent, but she's nothing but a shameless home

ed image of Daniela's face

f irritation w

complained to you?" H

iam, you will remember this: your wife is Daniela. How could you just stand there and watch her fall whi

is mind, her hurt expression giving him

d the thought j

news online and went to the hospita

He heard his grandfa

were the one who brought Daniela to me and said you wanted to marr

ndpa

ht." Without waiting for an explanation, h

he hu

in the car, the

y against the steering wheel,

is contacts, he fou

replied to his

the surface, but he pushed it

after what felt like a

" he asked, his voic

ed, ignoring his question. Her

did you go to the hospital

said evenly. "I was

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onse was a soft, i

couldn't c

irritated

ndfather's command forced

me tonight," he finally said,

was clear, without a

rom Grandpa," he

line went dead. She

hum of the dial

oment, his brows knit

gain. This time, s

past as he sat staring a

vice, restarted the car, an

tting dark by the

he strode str

ung open. His exp

nie

e, the sound shar

e ans

lway light was off. The

More often than not, he'd find Daniela asleep on the couch, hav

e light and glan

ty. She wa

stlessness now t

ght in the house, movi

m. Not in the kitchen

nd the study w

answering her phone? Wh

uly angered her. She was taking th

tev

ix months left. The title of Mrs. Har

antrum and skipping the family d

William headed to

boxes of nutritio

, then set the boxes down an

5, the perfume he'd given he

relaxed s

of clothes for himse

which once held clothes for both

'd once shared-the his-and-hers mugs, the twin be

had vanished, replaced

.

e, acros

-end beau

lla were getti

n pregnancy-safe products and s

end the pregnancy? Why are you s

have the choice, why not? It

admiring her own glittery nail

r gaze fall to

a sensitiv

kitchen, keeping her nails short and unpolished

s. The nails are just the start. Next, we tackle your hair and your wardrobe. Daniela, I still remember us s

sighed. "Too bad I'm a doctor no

a smil

ays dressed

m and molded herself into the

nding her life with the man she loved, building a

felt like a

was still time to

o get her life