How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 548

Elodie couldn't help but furrow her brow, lost in tangled thoughts for a while. She glanced at Esmeralda. "You were in my room? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

After all, Esmeralda had been drinking quite a bit last night.

Alexander caught their exchange in the rearview mirror and chuckled. "What's this? Partied too hard and can't keep your stories straight?"

Esmeralda immediately sat up straighter. "No way! Sure, I had a lot last night, but I was sober this morning. I even checked the room number before I left. I couldn't have gotten it wrong-I mean, my eyes and brain can't both break down at the same time, right?"

She squinted at Elodie, putting her hands on her hips. "Elodie! You really didn't go back to your room? Where'd you sleep last night?"

Elodie hesitated, momentarily at a loss for words.

Suddenly, she realized something wasn't adding up.

She couldn't have made a mistake last night.

She had definitely gone back to her room.

"Where else could I have been?" Elodie leaned back in her seat. "Did you see anyone go into my room yesterday?"

Esmeralda looked even more confused. "How would I know? I was passed out. Wait-did you actually come back?"

Elodie fell silent, her mind spinning.

She couldn't stop herself from sinking deep into thought.

up on her unease. "Is something wrong?" he

together, then finally shook her head. "It's nothing." How could she explain

things gone

6103, then what about the room Elodie had woken

comment: yesterday, she'd said that Watts had gone looking for Elodie

Elodie hadn't been in 6103, then what on earth had happened last

sort of miscommunication?

she'd been with,

whole thing was

didn't make sense

already made a dramatic point of telling Elodie that she and Jarrod were together. If it was Watts, Elodie hadn't even been in 6103, and

her

figure

that should have been simple to resolve was now a maze

be someone

to throb

hadn't expected things to get so

state last night felt

been different. The discomfort was sharper, unsettling. Thinking back, she felt almost as if

Esmeralda off first. After a moment's thought, Elodie

let me out here? I've got something to

I can go with you if you want," Alexander offered, glancing

I can handle it myself." Elodie shook her