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?"

came by earlier and asked me to throw them all out. I think

considered this. That was

Just as he'd expected.

Elodie hadn't come back.

his tie, Jarrod pulled out his phone

messaged Elodie two hours ago. She still

busy and hadn't had a chance to respond? He couldn't

he didn't

made his gesture,

rest, Elodie was back at

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

materials and components. With Alexander away on

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

just one of The Silverstein Group's subsidiaries;

a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. She never let personal feelings cloud her judgment. She was

office, they were greeted by Jason, the manager. He recognized Esmeralda as one of VistaLink's principal shareholders and greeted them with extra courtesy. "Ms. Mercer, Ms. Thorne, right this

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

at VistaLink, Elodie held as much

glance curiously at Elodie he was surprised VistaLink had

noticed his scrutiny but didn't take it

married to Jarrod for three years, always keeping it quiet. Jarrod had never brought her

for keeping business and private life

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