Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 264

A crowd of reporters swarmed outside the hospital.

Agnes knew the whole thing was going to be splashed across tomorrow’s front pages,

Half an hour later, Ivan showed up.

He was all dusted up and had a worried look on his face. “How’s Mamie? Is she okay?” he asked.

Agnes had never seen Ivan so freaked out like this.

He took a plane early this morning for a meeting out of town. It was just past noon now. He must have heard about Mamie as soon as he landed and rushed back immediately.

“She’s fine,” Jared said, “just a bit shaken up.”

rushed into

“Let’s

had absolutely zero

they went to the police station to give

schizophrenic with severe delusions. He watched Mamie’s movies everyday and gradually came to believe that she

no windows, and the walls were plastered with

planned the proposal for a long time, and was even prepared to die with her if she rejected him.

gun he brought was smuggled in. The guy was a radical

on the spot when he

Agnes left the police station, it

sat in the car

hand, “Those things I said up on the roof, I only said

overthinking anything at the

two weeks, Agnes said, ‘I think I didn’t trust you enough, Jared. You were just trying to help me, but I selfishly thought it was all about Mamie. I knew deep down that you trusted me, but I was still mad. I kept asking myself why I was so mad and now I understand: it’s because I wasn’t part of your past. Your past with Mamie is like a mysterious box to me, I can’t see anything inside it. I’ve been trying to understand you, to understand your past feelings. I’ve been through a relationship

finally let out what was on