Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1159

Of course, that... that was still the thing weighing most on her heart.

She lowered her voice, trying to sound steady as she asked, "Sammy, you and Danny have been watching over the baby all this time. How's she doing these days?"

Sammy's voice finally cracked a little. "Mom, you finally asked about our little sister. After you and Dad had the accident, I was too scared to even bring her up. She's not okay. There's been no progress at all!"

"Didn't you set up a treatment plan for her before you left for Boston? Acupuncture and all that? No one else here dares try it. It's gotta be you, Mom. She needs you."

"I know." Whitney felt a pang deep in her chest.

She still felt a strange distance from the child who'd come into her life so suddenly, but a life is a life. She'd promised Ludwik, and she wasn't about to turn her back now. She hadn't forgotten-not for a second. The only reason she hadn't been there was because she'd been running herself ragged trying to save her mom and dad.

Her lashes fluttered as she pushed herself up from the chair and started for the door, exhaustion weighing her down. "Sammy, I'm free now. I'll come see the baby. Tell Danny not to worry, okay?"

"Okay, Mom! We know you're tired, but every second counts for her!"

was gentle but full of worry, trying

any longer. "Let the NICU staff know to prep the tools for the treatment. I'm going to have to try something special, even if it's

to her mom's hospital room, making sure the nurse knew what to watch for. Then she ducked next door to check on her father in

way to the

floor, and inside was the baby she and Ludwik had

and forced on a

perked up and scrambled over, eyes shining with tears. "Sammy was right! He said you'd

guilt clear in her eyes. "I got tied up with Grandma's situation and

at the tiny

incubator. The baby

over her fragile body. She was awake, big dark eyes taking up half her little face, ten tiny fingers curled,

She looked so weak.

seemed to sense someone new, her gaze slowly shifting. Then she whimpered and started to cry under the tiny oxygen

ones. It

Sammy immediately frowned, put