How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 573

"Got it," Elodie replied.

At this point, the truth was out-there was no way she could bluff her way past

Jarrod's grandmother.

She ended the call.

She didn't ask Jarrod to pick her up, either. There was no need to put on that awkward show, making things uncomfortable for everyone.

When work was finally done, Elodie glanced at the clock. Near seven, she drove out toward Moonlight Garden.

Rainy season had arrived.

Halfway there, the skies opened up. The world filled with the earthy, damp scent of wet soil.

When she arrived, she stepped out beneath her umbrella.

But at the door, she paused-she didn't know the new passcode.

Ever since Jarrod had bought back the house as their marital home, all the codes had been changed.

If she rang the bell, his grandmother might sense something was off.

Elodie frowned, considering her options.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind her. A crisp, cool scent of fir needles drifted

in the wet air. Before she could turn, someone caught her wrist and guided her index finger to the fingerprint scanner.

Beep, beep-

The door unlocked.

looked

her, his pale

all he

first, umbrella

knitting. She couldn't quite wrap

fingerprint was still in the system? Had

thought go

felt momentarily disoriented. The place was completely different. The layout and fixtures she remembered had all changed. Unfamiliar art and decorations filled the space. It bore no trace of the home she'd lived in for three years, the one she'd painstakingly

it was a brand-new house-a home that belonged to someone

feeling linger for just a couple

her, his

but said nothing, following him further

where Lucinda

grandmother bustled in from the kitchen,

the old woman hurried over to take

mention Elodie's situation? You kept us in the dark this whole

Jarrod had

known-he'd just chosen

felt like outsiders, knowing nothing about their own

arched a brow. "There were special circumstances.

ready

sorry, Grandma. I had confidentiality requirements. I

the old woman wasn't truly

was just overwhelmed her remarkable granddaughter

whole truth

field had lived among them all these years,