Chapter 645

Stewart helped Briony sit down on the bed.

She took the glass of water he handed her, swallowed the medication the nurse had insisted she take, and asked, "When can we go home?"

They'd been away too long. She missed her two children desperately.

Given everything that had happened, she knew they were unbelievably lucky to have made it this far.

She understood the odds of finding a matching bone marrow donor were slim, but even if she was going to die, she wanted to go home first.

There's something deeply rooted in everyone-no matter how long you've been away, you want to return to where you belong.

"When your health is a little more stable." Stewart took the glass from her and set it on the table. "Do you want to FaceTime with the kids?"

Briony's eyes lit up. "Of course I do. How do I look right now, though? Still like a patient?"

"Much better than a few days ago." Stewart gave her a soft smile. "It's all over now, Bryn. You and the kids are safe."

Briony pressed her lips together, hesitating for a moment. "Did they ever find Ferdinand's body?"

cliff. The search teams combed the area

fell silent at

pause, she

she's in the hospital now. The doctors are

want to see

moment. "Give it another couple of days. Why

Briony nodded. "Alright."

beneath. Then, to keep the hospital bed out of

connected almost immediately. James's

with excitement. "You heartless woman- you finally remembered to

looked at him, and though he hadn't said much, her nose

two months apart, and it felt like

separated by an ocean, seeing James on her screen

"James, I'm okay now="

down before she could stop

red too. “Theard everything. Thank God you're alright. As soon as you're better, I'll send my dad's jet to bring you home. I'll take

smile.

backyard with Lucky!" As James spoke, he carried the phone outside. "You have no idea how tough Lucky's life has been while you've been gone. Little Nina's been dressing him up, putting makeup on him-poor dog tries to play sick just to get a break, but Nina's not fooled in the slightest. He

laugh at James's exasperation. She could

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