A deal with the devil

Chapter 21

It was the right choice. As long as her family was safe, Shirley could enchur amil

Shirley stayed awake all night.

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At the first light of down the pot dressed and went downstairs. –

Jenny brought her a bed of spaghetti but lingered at her side, clearly hesitant to speak.

Shirley ate all the bowl before setting down hes fork. “Il you have something to say, just say it. I’ll be heading but soon.” Jenny hesitated before rephring. “Yesterday, we received a package from abroad. We weren’t sure what to do with I‘

Shirley didn’t think much of it. “Bring it here.”

Moments later, she stared at the package, sitting frozen as the blood drained from her face.

Innide was a prosthetic limb she had specially ordered for Samuel the previous month. Looking at ir, Shirley felt the barriers she had built around her heart begin to crumble. Her composure shattered, piece by pinor,

thought, she grabbed the prosthetic and bolted

She had promised never to abandon ham She had to let

eventually return. But she was terrified Showed that when he finally did, he’d find her gone,

had happened the night before vanished from her mind. She needed

Shirley got

of their time together replayed vividly in her

his own physical limitation,

back

she had felt like

carefully treated his wounds, kissing the

dared to limiliate him would face her

et despair life brought, she would shield him

people would make

would come back, she would forgive

snapped out of her thoughts, she was

Sophia to Newlandia. They were leaving early to catch their flight.

his suitcase into the car, sophila