Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 552

"Miss, could you help me?"

A slightly frail, middle-aged voice startled me, and I looked up to see an elderly woman with graying hair and pleading eyes.

"How can I help you?" I asked politely..

"Oh, I was hoping you could buy me a cup of coffee," she said, catching me off guard and stirring a bit of pity in me. "I haven't had one in so long because I don't have any money." Without thinking, I nodded. "Of course,"

"Thank you," she replied, gesturing to the chair across from me. "Could I sit here to drink it?"

Since I was already getting her the coffee, letting her sit didn't seem like a big deal. But just as i was about to agree, Jace's voice cut in.

"Excuse me, ma'am, would you mind taking a seat elsewhere?"

I looked up, startled to see him still there. I thought he'd left.

Before I could fully process it, Jace had guided the woman to another table, slipped some cash into her hand, and sent her on her way.

watched, puzzled, as she walked off without even looking at the coffee counter. Frowning, I looked back

said, his voice low. "Her

not quite following. "So... she was just after

police, and as the person who bought her the coffee, you'd be taken in for questioning," he explained, reminding me a little too

the worst of people." Jace's brow furrowed, and he pulled out his phone, showing me a video of an elderly woman pulling

been on the rise," he said. "They target young

to argue with. I stayed silent,

shifted gears. "Did you get

with a quiet "Mm," my gaze drifting down to his hand, where a

couldn't say it was my fault, but I knew my words that day had

was scarred-but what

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now, and all I could go by was his face. He

the coffee cup Wade had left on the table. "Were

Just that

I realized I sounded exactly like Hayden whenever he answered me