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?"

at the cabinet, thinking for a moment before answering, "Mrs. Silverstein came by earlier and asked me to throw them all out. I think she wanted

this. That

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

he loosened his tie, Jarrod pulled out his phone and checked

messaged Elodie two hours ago. She

busy and hadn't had a chance to

he didn't

made his

day of rest, Elodie was back at

up a major project and landed a new deal. One of the new clients was a tech manufacturing company owned by The Silverstein

on a last-minute business trip, he assigned the task to Elodie

might be uncomfortable. Elodie gave him a small, reassuring smile.

Group's subsidiaries; there was no

Elodie had a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. She never let

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

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

VistaLink, Elodie held as much authority

at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had sent

but didn't

years, always keeping it quiet. Jarrod had never brought her to the

for keeping business and private life separate, never mixing

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