Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Remington Dashiell stepped forward, bending down to pick up the vase that had fallen.

Faintly, he heard the distant murmur of conversation from the room next door, mingled with the voices of two young men.

One was Jerome Madden, and the other sounded like Hogan White.

Quite the gathering, it seemed.

Remington's lips tightened slightly as he held the vase, turning back to the adjacent room.

Ray couldn't help but show a trace of sentiment as he saw Remington enter with the vase in hand.

"The flowers the boss went through so much trouble to get, and it's been less than an hour since they sneaked into the lady's room before being discovered," Ray remarked with a slight shake of his head.

He hurried forward to take the vase. "The missus didn't destroy the flowers; they came out looking pretty good. Guess she's not that mad at you after all."

Ray tried to comfort Remington.

Remington gave him a glance and scoffed, "You think because she didn't smash the vase over my head, it's an improvement, huh?"

Ray indeed thought so. After all, the lady might very well have done just that under other circumstances.

if she did smash it over Mr. Remington Dashiell's head, he'd still have to take

gaze, Ray immediately shook

could the missus ever bring herself to

back to when Lizetta Gardenia had returned, eventually helping him to the emergency exit, a hint

toward him. Sitting on the hospital

born, the

blinked, unsure why Remington was

he nodded. "Got it, but I haven't had the chance to

been digging into Lizetta's background, given she

incident, that investigation had been put on

Remington, his voice

iPad and quickly

fingers swiftly scrolled through the

Elsa Madden!

Elsa had also given birth at Rainbow Hospital,

Remington's demeanor, glanced at the screen and was equally

Why would Ms. Madden give birth in a small hospital in Zion City, and Andrea shares the same birthdate as

trailed off, realizing

mistaking the missus, could