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

Samuel She had promised never to abandon ham She had to let him know she had never forgotten

lost his way but would eventually return. But she was terrified Showed that when he finally did, he’d find her

had happened the night before vanished from her mind.

Shirley got her car and sped

of their time together replayed vividly in her

own physical limitation, Samuel had carried her on his back the entire way with his

complained, only pressing forward with his back slightly hunched to ensure she would’t fall,

she had felt like she

his wounds, kissing the

who dared to limiliate him would face her wrath tenfold. He was the man she had vowed to

much pain et despair life brought, she would shield him from it all As long as he turned back,

make mistakes, wouldn’t they?

back, she

of her thoughts, she was already at the gates of Moose MANOR

Sophia to Newlandia. They were leaving early to catch

housekeepers loaded his suitcase into the car, sophila chung to Samuel’s arm as they climbed in together.