How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue
Chapter 722
Elodie drifted somewhere between sleep and waking.
She felt dampness on the back of her hand, and the pain in her abdomen had faded to a dull ache. She recognized these sensations-someone must have given her a painkiller.
Turning her head, she met Jarrod's gaze. His eyes were rimmed red, betraying sleepless worry.
When he saw her awake, he opened his mouth to speak, but his voice caught, dry and hoarse. He swallowed hard before finally managing, "Are you feeling any better? Does it still hurt?"
Elodie shook her head, her eyes falling to where Jarrod's hand clasped hers. The moisture on her skin was clearly from his tears.
"I'm all right," she said, her voice carrying the familiar phrase she'd repeated so often it had become second nature.
The words made Jarrod tense, shoulders stiffening. He couldn't let himself dwell on how Elodie had survived those endless nights of pain on her own. She'd always been the strong one-even her grandmother and uncle had no idea. Elodie had never been the kind to complain.
go. Instead, his
wasn't the Jarrod
nights you went through alone... was it hard?" Jarrod gently brushed
But after a while, you just... get used to it.
messier-kept those who cared for her up at night, frantic with worry. She'd rather wait until the final treatment, spare
wasn't someone who thought of every angle. But she was ruthlessly rational. She was an adult-her problems were her own to carry.
you needed
even. "Yes, I did. But at the time, you were with someone else. Was I supposed to hope that you'd pity me, just because you found out I was
keep him by her side? That would have been pointless-and humiliating. If she made a scene and forced him to stay, would she really want his charity? She couldn't bring herself to
she couldn't know what was in his heart. Every time she thought he cared, he'd find a way to shatter her hopes he never shared anything
she could do was
no accusation-only the truth of how she'd felt. But they
instincts to protect herself were nothing but natural. He was the reason she'd built walls around her heart, stone by
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