How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 38

Elodie and Alexander both took the following day off, choosing to shut themselves away and rest.

She knew how fragile her health was; pushing herself for no reason had never

been her style.

10:00 p.m.

Jarrod stopped by the house he shared with Elodie that evening.

He paused as he opened the shoe cabinet to grab a pair of slippers.

His dark eyes swept over the shelves, scanning up and down.

Elodie was always calm and a little distant, but she cared about the details of daily life. She loved anything that felt vibrant and alive-so even something as ordinary as house slippers, she insisted on picking out bright, cheerful colors.

Usually, a few pairs in pastel yellow, sage green, or vintage blue would be lined up right next to his black, gray, and white ones.

They were hard to miss.

But now, as he looked, those splashes of color were gone. The cabinet felt strangely empty, dull.

Cara, their housekeeper, came over to take his suit jacket. "Welcome home, sir."

Jarrod closed the cabinet door. "Where are her shoes?"

the cabinet, thinking for a moment before answering, "Mrs. Silverstein came by earlier and asked me to throw

this.

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

Jarrod pulled out his

hours ago. She still

unwell, or just busy and hadn't had a chance to respond? He

didn't really

his

day of rest, Elodie was

of the new clients was a tech manufacturing company owned by The Silverstein Group, with the actual production handled by

review the materials and components. With Alexander away on a last-minute business trip, he assigned the

Alexander still worried she might be uncomfortable. Elodie gave him a small, reassuring smile.

subsidiaries; there was no guarantee she'd run into

ability to compartmentalize. She never

arrived at the branch office, they were greeted by Jason, the manager. He recognized Esmeralda as

but when it came to technical specs and contract details, she left it to Elodie to take

a technical partner at VistaLink, Elodie held as much authority as Alexander or

glance curiously at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent

his scrutiny but didn't

Jarrod for three years, always keeping it quiet.

a stickler for keeping business and private

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