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,

she grabbed the prosthetic and bolted

She had promised never to abandon ham She had to let him

return. But she was terrified Showed that when he finally did,

her mind. She needed to Samurk,

got her car and sped

together replayed vividly in

she had twisted her and while wearing high heels. Despite his own physical limitation, Samuel had carried her on his back the entire way

only pressing forward with his back slightly hunched to ensure

had felt like she

had carefully treated his wounds, kissing the

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

the would never betray him. Never leave him. No matter how much pain et despair life brought, she would shield him from it all As long as he

make

back, she would

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

was taking Sophia to Newlandia. They were leaving early to

the housekeepers loaded his suitcase into the car, sophila