In hushed tones, Mark queried, “You really don’t want to talk to me?”

Cecilia paused, momentarily taken aback.

Releasing Edwin’s hand, Cecilia approached the ward window and whispered, “Edwin will recover in three days, and then I’LL bring him back to Duefron.”

Mark’s heart felt a subtle squeeze.

He approached her slowly and gently grasped her slender shoulder from behind.

“What are you implying?”

and remarked, “Mark, perhaps I’ve been overly optimistic. It’s become clear to me that Edwin and I are mere extras in the screenplay of your life,

gravelly tone, Mark protested,

for her and Edwin was

out of love between

chilly night caused the window to fog

fingers traced patterns on the glass, and after a long silence, she offered, “Maybe I should leave

her to face

affirmed, “I will help the Thomas family reclaim the

be entangled in? The child belongs to Cathy, and you

was better off not being

her in his

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