e her slowly came into focus, and the sharp smell of antiseptic filled th

gh fever when you arrived last night. It'

throat was dry and painful, and even

hone on the bedside tab

ages. Charle Parrish had

e, she didn't wait for an explanation or a reason

he engagement is off.

ber, removed him from every social me

d she put do

told her the fever had gone down. She could

e papers, her phone rang. The

arp and impatient. "Gen! What are you doing? Didn't you see my em

idn't mention the fever. She didn't mention Char

d, she ended the call and

evieve left the hospital and took a cab ba

e same as before. The expensive furniture, the spotless ro

large suitcases. She packed quickly. Clothes, books, jewelry desi

g on the vanity, her hand paused for a second. Then she pic

Charle had bought for h

box hidden behind the books. Inside were old photographs of her

tacted a moving company and sent her belongings to a storag

stood in the livin

from her finger and placed it beside

suite at The Whitby Hotel, an

she walked out of the apa

y, cutting off the place where

he stood at the front

ieve H

uitcase down and walked toward the floor-

she stood th

and dialed a number she ha