Chapter 41

Long, slender fingers danced across the keyboard. After a moment, he handed her the phone.

"Give it a try. This ring can speak too."

Jessica glanced at the screen. It was the same app Herbert had helped her download that night.

She froze, caught off guard.

Timothy pressed the phone into her hand, then bent down to gather up the fabric

on the table, stuffing it into his suitcase.

She stood abruptly and placed her hand firmly over his, stopping him.

With careful, practiced gestures, she signed, *I'm not going back.*

Timothy's face darkened at once, a flash of anger in his eyes. "I came all this way

to bring you home myself. What more do you want?"

The words had barely left his lips when his phone rang.

his suit pocket, he saw Sheila's name

answered immediately.

Am I speaking to Timothy?" The voice on the

together. "What

Howard had a fall just now. Her wound reopened, and she's lost a lot of blood. The last unit you arranged wasn't enough. Could you

understand. I'll take care of it

ended the call and quickly dialed another number as he strode for the door. Moments later, the door closed behind

from her thoughts. She looked down at the ring on her

slipped it off and placed it in the

tugged at her lips. How foolish she

he was sincere. She'd almost convinced herself that he bought her the voice-emitting ring because it bothered him to see

from the suitcase and hunching over her

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the city. By the time he reached the hospital, Sheila was already out of the emergency room,

beside her, immediately reaching for her hand, his voice soft

bathroom and slipped. Timothy, I'm so

brimmed with

at her freshly bandaged wound, his voice trembling. "Does it

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