Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1076:

They made their way to the curb, eyes scanning for an available taxi.

Margie noticed the way Yvonne pressed her hand to her abdomen and frowned with concern. “Yvonne, are you okay? Do you feel sick or just starving? Should we stop for food first?”

Yvonne waved down a cab and shook her head. “Let’s find Frank. The sooner we do, the better. We can eat afterward.”

They slid into the taxi and gave the driver the address for Frank’s studio.

The car moved at a sluggish pace, which gave Yvonne time to study the scenery rolling past.

She’d already looked into Frank’s work—his gritty, often harrowing career as a war correspondent—though his base of operations remained here in Smouburg.

commerce, untouched by the global conflicts it observed from

to Frank’s haunting photographs. A quiet sadness crept in. How must it feel, shifting from war-torn regions to

the car

woman with sharp eyes

them and welcomed them with a burst of warmth that filled the room. The

the woman asked, “You’re here for the meeting with Frank, right? I’m Erin. Frank’s tied up

Erin Schmidt turned on her heel and led them down a quiet hallway toward the reception room. “He won’t be able to meet you just

no alternative, Yvonne and Margie settled into the reception room,

soon excused herself and returned to her tasks, leaving the

now at

gnawed at her so fiercely it made her head spin. Minutes dragged into hours, and still, no one came. Outside, the sky dimmed

the glass walls, a few stealing