Chase furrowed his brow, looking at her incredulously. "The guy's a vegetable, and you're crying a Amanda? It's not like he's your husband. Anyone would think you two had a fling or something." His words carried a tang of jealousy.

Sasha, fuming, couldn't help but kick him again. "Chase, would it kill you to shut up? With a mouth that's just begging for a punch, how are you still alive? How come no one's knocked you out yet?"

Chase's laugh was devilishly charming. "If I were dead, who'd be around to rile you up? Wouldn't you miss that?"

Sasha felt like she was about to cough up blood. She was convinced she and this infuriating man were destined to be at odds.

She shot Chase a glare and scoffed dismissively. "My brain's not waterlogged. Why would I waste my sympathy on you?"

With that, she walked over to Clara, taking her hand. "Clara, you just relax. I'll play my part to the hilt and make sure those bad apples buy the whole act."

she left the hospital room, her previously calm face was streaked with tears. Walking and lamenting, she said, "Why does Clara have to have it so

quickly, couldn't help but find it amusing. But he played along, his face mirroring a look of sorrow. "Don't worry. I'll get lan the best doctors and make sure he comes around. Not for the Hayes

practically gone. Even a miracle worker couldn't save him

just have to clutch at straws. As long as there's a sliver of hope,

their conversation as they stepped into the elevator, unaware that a janitor had been eavesdropping the

long, the news reached the man in the suburban mansion.

Hayes family's been coming to visit non-stop, each leaving in

way to get a look

could lan have survived? We're lucky to have a body to bury at all. We can finally move on to the

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