Chapter 82 ~ Starting today!

ATHENA

My heart stutters. That voice.

Even if the years had dulled it, even if time had blurred every echo of that night, I'd still recognize it anywhere.

Leah.

The last time I saw her, she was standing in the doorway of my apartment with Alex's child in her arms.

Rubbing it in my face that she had what I could never give him even if I tried.

I looked at the child for the first time, and my heart shattered. He was the spitting image of Alex with his eyes.

I shut the door in her face and applied to work in the furthest hospital I could find.

And now, she's here.

Why is she here?

Dressed in a tailored navy-blue suit with a white coat, her hair pulled back in a bun that does nothing to soften the features on her face.

identical white coats, all standing like soldiers in formation behind

smug expression I remember curls on her lips as she stops just a few

she expected to find in the trash but discovered alive and

betray the chaos ripping

climbing the ranks at that prestigious city hospital; the one Alex

was too busy trying to breathe again

been to work alongside lann Quinn. They're legendary, and my mother talked about his father all

the sake of peace but seeing this blonde is standing in front of me, tells me I'll have to change the

finally

ring but see nothing. But then again, most

I force

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

Leah, of course, doesn't care about either of those

she says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't- expect the excitement

She tilts her head.

shift. I'm afraid," her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be completely out of line by

My stomach tightens.

the anger boiling in my

had to do to save a life," I reply evenly. "If that's

of the doctors behind her exchange surprised glances, but

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