How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 97

Chapter 96

Elodie finally allowed herself to relax a little.

She stayed with Emile through lunch, waiting for the discomfort from the treatment to ease, and then returned to VistaLink Technologies to wrap up some loose ends.

Jarrod hadn't reached out to her again.

The next day.

Just as Elodie was about to log off at the end of her workday, her grandmother called. "Sweetheart, what time are you getting off?"

"I'm just about to finish," Elodie replied, closing her laptop.

"Perfect! I've sent Jarrod to pick you up. Come home with him after work, I need you both here for something."

Elodie blinked in surprise. "Grandma, actually I have—"

"He's already downstairs. Just head down when you're ready."

"...Okay."

Rubbing her aching temples, Elodie resigned herself to it. If it weren't for her grandmother's direct orders, there was no way Jarrod would be offering her a ride.

quickly

enough, a sleek Bentley was idling

Jarrod glanced over at her.

The Silverstein Group, no matter how many times her grandmother insisted Jarrod give her

there was nothing left to hide- she'd finally earned the

know, I can skip it. Could

tell her yourself. I'm not your messenger," Jarrod replied, glancing at his

Her mother's issue still

walked over to the

but in

knew his rules. The front seat belonged to his girlfriend-she wasn't

noticed her sitting behind him, pressed close to the door, bundled in her coat and staring silently out the

looked away and addressed the driver coolly, "Turn up the

was momentarily

he...taking her comfort into

reading too much into it. Even if he did give an order for her sake, it was out of

out with her friends and was

when she saw Elodie, she couldn't resist a dig: "I knew you'd use Grandma to get closer to my brother. If it weren't for picking

to this. She didn't

that explained Jarrod's mood—she'd

side parlor.

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