After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my husband and daughter

Chapter 219

Chapter 219

A glance at the clock: not even six. Resigned to wakefulness, I pulled on running gear and headed downstairs.

The complex lay hushed in the pre–dawn light. Head down, focused on my rhythm, I nearly collided with another runner.

The runner who had just passed me slowed, turned, and jogged back. “Ms. Murphy?” A voice called out, clear and bright against the quiet morning

I halted mid–stride, staring. Ryan?

Just then, an elderly man jogged up, slightly breathless. He opened his mouth, seemed to reconsider, and snapped it shut.

“Ryan? Are you staying here?” I asked with surprise.

Ryan threw a companionable arm around the old man’s shoulders. “Just crashing with my great–uncle for a bit,” he explained easily. “He lives alone, so I’m keeping him company.”

The old man blinked, momentarily flustered, and then nodded with perhaps excessive enthusiasm. “Yes! The boy’s been very attentive.”

a flicker of doubt surfacing, but dismissed it with a nod. “Small world. I’m in

jerking a thumb towards

offered a faint smile. “Right. See you.” Then I resumed my

eight, my phone buzzed–a text from Jared: [Your car has been returned

of my car. I chuckled bitterly. Too little,

arm raised for a taxi. It was rush hour right now, not a cab in sight. Glancing at the overflowing bus stop nearby,

seat. “Thanks, Ms.

a small, dismissive smile. “Just look after

team.”

hop out a block from the office

door, placing a Starbucks cup on my desk. “Fare payment,” he announced with

framed it as

passed without seeing Yvonne. Jared had mentioned Sally whisking her away on a vacation. True to form, my phone lit up today with a barrage of photos from Yvonne–snapshots

a dramatic close–up of a scraped knee, followed

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