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?"

thinking for a moment before answering, "Mrs. Silverstein came by earlier and asked me to throw them all out. I

considered this.

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

Jarrod pulled out his phone and

two hours

or just busy and hadn't had a chance

he didn't

his

day of rest, Elodie

the new clients was a tech manufacturing company owned

review the materials and components. With Alexander away on

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

was just one of The Silverstein Group's subsidiaries; there was no guarantee she'd

had to admit, Elodie had a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. She never let personal feelings cloud her judgment. She

office, they were greeted by Jason, the manager. He recognized Esmeralda as one of VistaLink's principal shareholders and greeted them with

when it came to technical specs and

a technical partner at VistaLink, Elodie held

but glance curiously at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent such a young, striking woman to discuss

noticed his scrutiny but didn't take

keeping it quiet. Jarrod had never brought her to the branch

a stickler for keeping business and private life

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