Regret Novel 257

Chapter 257

After returning to Summitview Wellness Retreat, Charlotte’s first stop was Hiram Sterling’s bedroom to check on him. Some time later, her phone buzzed with a message from Wesley Rayburn:

*Sorry, Lottie. I wasn’t ignoring you-it’s just that Mom’s taken a turn for the worse.* Charlotte replied instantly:

*Is she alright?*

Wesley:

*She’s stable. Getting treatment now. Everything good on your end?*

Charlotte:

*All good here. Don’t worry about me-just look after your mom.*

As footsteps sounded outside her door, Charlotte quickly slipped her phone away.

She stepped out of the bedroom and heard voices from the living room. Approaching quietly, she caught a sharp whiff of alcohol before she even rounded the partition.

Two security guards were helping Evander onto the couch. He slumped back, pressing his thumb and fingers against his brow as if trying to stave off a headache.

Natalie draped Evander’s suit jacket over the back of a chair. “Let me ask the nurse to make you some hangover soup,” she suggested.

He kept his eyes closed. “Don’t bother.”

The guards exchanged glances. A nurse wouldn’t do-everyone knew it really had to be-

Just then, both guards spotted Charlotte behind the partition and nodded. “Ma’am.”

to look at

look at me.

and

muttering under his

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words died as Natalie

eyes, his jaw

others left, Evander loosened his collar and stumbled back to

shatter in the neighboring room-but no

her door and crossed to Evander’s bedroom. Knocking firmly, she called out, “Evander! If you’re

No answer.

floor beside the bed, one knee bent, back resting against the frame. A shattered glass lay nearby, water

at the blood trickling down his hand-but instinct took over. She grabbed the

she knelt

rippling with something unreadable. “Didn’t you want me

brows drawn. “If you want to die, do it somewhere else. At least not in front of a

her mouth, Evander suddenly grabbed her with his other hand, pulling her against

go. “I’m trying to help you. That doesn’t

of you is the

her teeth.

you say our marriage didn’t

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