Morwenna gasped as she peered down the towering staircase.

One wrong step and she'd surely end up with a sprained ankle, or worse.

The thought of doctor's bills and medication costs flashed through her mind in that split second, her worries tangling into a thick knot of anxiety about money.

But the anticipated hurt never arrived. Strong arms snagged her at the very last moment.

It was Stuart who had grabbed her.

Stunned, Morwenna found herself looking into Stuart's eyes.

As a kid back in the small mountain town where she grew up, there was an old apple tree that all the kids loved to climb.

Parents would always be there at the bottom, arms wide open and ready to catch their kid if they were to fall.

But that wasn't the case for her.

No matter how many times she fell, no one was there to catch her.

She learned to pick herself up.

to expect

those kids again, safely caught after

was distant and bewildered

him, right then and there, what their relationship

Adelaide rushed over, a concerned look plastered across

Morwenna had been about to say

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lingered momentarily, betraying a hint of reluctance to

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and Stuart stood side by

also there to pick out

seemed to want all three of them to

felt like

caring sister, cautioned her, "Ms. Winslet, be careful. That dress you're wearing is quite expensive. It would be a shame if it

dress, but you arranged for her to have one from the second floor. I'm so envious. She gets to

a million dollars, usually

slightly. "I didn't arrange

How could it not

floor dresses are

implication was pretty clear that Morwenna

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