Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1167

When Dad and I came into view, Mr. Sheldon nodded at us, then quietly turned and walked away without a word.

"What's going on?" I whispered. "Aren't Mr. Sheldon and your mom supposed to see each other?"

Yael probably knew something-Uncle must have told her about the stuff that happened between Mom and Dad back in the day.

Whitney couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy. Her dad must have known Mom had no one else to look after her, so he kept watch from a distance. But he didn't dare go inside, not even to catch her eye. The more he cherished her, the more afraid he became.

He was scared Mom wouldn't want to see him, that she'd hate him or blame him anything but welcome him back.

After all, Mom had lost her memory for years now. If someone mentioned the name "Hudson," what would she even remember? Good things? Bad things? Would she even recognize Dad at all? Whitney didn't have a clue.

She knew she would have to plan their first reunion carefully-find some opportunity to break the ice between them.

These thoughts kept spinning in her mind. Meanwhile, Ludwik's surgeon hadn't come out of the OR, not even once.

"Whitney, I brought dinner!"

I got some chicken noodle soup and a turkey sandwich. Not exactly grandma's cooking, but it'll have to do.

know, removing a bullet shouldn't take this long. The abdominal wound must be complicated. If the

shooting her a look. "Don't jinx it, okay?

was that bad, Ludwik wouldn't have even made it here in the first place. Can't you hope for the best? And honestly, do you

hit home, making Whitney flush

All she wanted was for him

No more hate?" Sandy leaned in, searching

not in the

the soup and nudged it toward her "Look, I heard from Shane that you were really anxious about Florence's baby. I'm no mom, but I get it-blood is thicker than water. You fought to save your little girl, not just out of instinct, but because

the line to help the Sheldon Group go up against Bryce? That's when I knew he was seriously trying to make things right. He's given everything to win you back-including finding your mom

steady look. "He's in the operating room right now.

word struck

it out the moment Ludwik was