He stopped in his tracks, turning to fix his gaze on her. “What do you

mean?”

She let out a bitter laugh. “I lied to you. I wasn’t the one who saved you. I can tell you who it was, but you have to promise me one thing. As long as you agree, I’ll never show up in front of you or Charlotte again.”

One week later.

Charlotte’s stitches were finally out, but her right hand still couldn’t grip anything–not even a fork.

Noreen watched her with a worried expression. “Do you think you’ll ever be able to hold a scalpel again?”

Charlotte tried to sound upbeat. “It’ll heal over time. I’m still young, I’ll

recover.”

She was the patient, yet somehow she ended up comforting Noreen. The concern in Noreen’s eyes deepened. “Whoever did this to you is despicable. People like that just… shouldn’t be allowed to get away with

it.”

Charlotte glanced at the scar on her right hand, her face calm.

Lately, she kept recalling that small red birthmark on Tricia’s wrist.

The whole thing felt like a cruel joke.

Her adoptive parents were killed by their own biological daughter. The irony of it all–tragic and absurd.

Not long after Noreen left, a group of people arrived at the hospital room, their arms weighed down with lavish gifts.

time Charlotte had

Rayburn, Daphne Carstairs was striking in her

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beauty with presence.

Daphne saw Charlotte, she was struck by a sense of familiarity, though she couldn’t quite place it. “You must be Charlotte. I

a misunderstanding having someone stab

in the hand?”

by

far,” Daphne said, her composure faltering. “All I meant was to have you kept away for a while–I never intended anything like this. I had no idea she’d use me

lifetime of careful decisions, and a single rash moment had let a

it had

relationship with her

her eyes,

sit by the bed. “I truly am sorry. I never wanted you to get hurt. If I saw

these gifts are far

won’t feel right

Carstairs to be so persistent. After a brief back–and–forth, she finally relented and accepted the gifts. Daphne’s face broke into a smile, and she began fussing over Charlotte, her sudden warmth leaving Charlotte more than a

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just

he watched the

he didn’t go in.

going in, Mr.

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