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,

grabbed the prosthetic and bolted out the doo

nothing else muttered. She needed to see Samuel She had promised never to abandon ham She had to let him know she

Samuel had lost his way but would eventually return. But she was terrified Showed that when he

night before vanished from her mind. She needed to Samurk, One

righty, Shirley got her car and

together replayed

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

pressing forward with his back slightly hunched

like she was

got home, she had carefully treated his wounds,

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

pain et despair life brought, she

make

back, she would forgive

her thoughts, she was already at the gates of Moose

day, Samuel was taking Sophia to Newlandia. They were

watched as the housekeepers loaded his suitcase into the car, sophila chung to Samuel’s arm as they