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.

was the first time Charlotte had met Mrs. Carstairs

Daphne Carstairs was

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beauty with presence.

was struck by a sense of familiarity, though she couldn’t quite place

Carstairs‘ idea of a

in the hand?”

caught off guard by the bluntness of Charlotte’s

“All I meant was to have you kept away for a while–I never intended anything like this. I had no

rash moment had let a younger

it had

her relationship with her son not repaired–it was probably

lowered her eyes,

walked over to sit by the bed. “I truly am sorry. I never wanted you to get hurt. If I saw Tricia right now, I’d make sure she paid for what she

gifts are far too much. Please, take

won’t feel right

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

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just outside the

watched the

he didn’t go in.

in, Mr.

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