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 out the doo

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

But she was terrified Showed that when

her mind. She needed to

righty, Shirley got her car and sped off.

time together replayed vividly in her mind

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

forward with his back slightly

that moment, she had felt like she was his

carefully treated his wounds, kissing the scans on his

limiliate

brought, she would shield him from it all

would make mistakes, wouldn’t

come back,

she was already at the gates of

Newlandia. They were leaving early to catch their

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