How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue
Chapter 728
Lucinda's face froze in shock, her usually cool and striking features unraveling
into unguarded disbelief. For a long moment, she seemed at a loss for words.
Then her expression hardened, incredulity replacing confusion as she fixed Jarrod
with a stare. "Do you even hear yourself? All this over a woman? Is it really worth
it-"
"When Dad had other women, you certainly didn't react like this."
Jarrod's words cut in, leaving no room for doubt.
Back then, he'd been caught in the crossfire of their bitter relationship more times
than he could count.
He wasn't even ten when Lucinda and his father started fighting in earnest. But
both families cared deeply about appearances and reputation-their marriage
was a show of unity, so in public they played the part of a loving couple, while in
private their arguments were explosive and relentless.
He remembered thinking how exhausting it all was.
Neither of them cared about anyone but themselves, whittling away at each other,
day after day, year after year.
Jarrod knew Lucinda had suffered her share of heartbreak in marriage. But he
couldn't accept that she would knowingly hurt Elodie, standing so firm and
righteous-even though she herself had once been in such a position. Any
compassion she might have had was now locked away, unreachable.
voice trembled with
that exposed all the rot she'd
want to keep arguing. The pain of the day
his tone quiet but
appreciate it if you stayed out of my
it won't matter."
away, Jarrod called down to the driver to
when she
didn't say another
stepped back into the room, Elodie was
to
up when she heard him come
if nothing had happened-as if Lucinda had never
there.
over and gently
the hospital, she'd been running
seemed much better.
to talk
going through?"
low, weighted
No matter how heavy
felt, he needed to
everything-inside and out-about
Elodie's condition.
was still replaying what Jarrod had said to
all, her illness was obvious to anyone. Jarrod was
Silverstein family
had a few
said
"I've been
hair.
not much to
up to a
pills, and the
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