Chapter 24

Alfie smashed the glass on the floor, which landed on the carpet with a m u f f le d sound, tolling the ending bell for the dinner.

The room was all quiet except for Claire’s sobbing. She had been dragged up by Allie and was crying with her head down on the side.

Moira glanced at the glass lying on the floor. It was not broken. Coffee was spilled and seeped into the carpet.

She stared at it seeping until it was invisible. She looked at Alfie, feeling the string pulling her heart finally broke. Instead of sadness, she felt relief.

“it’s over, Alfic,” she said softly, yet everyone inside could hear her. She picked up her purse and headed out in her wheelchair.

Her words were like a hammer hitting on Alfie’s heart.

to grab Moira, but Moira, as if she had expected it, moved her hand

was barely audible. But soon, that sound got louder. The wheels rolled

when she ran into Barclay,

“Mr. Covington, what

“Are you here for dinner?” he asked

dinner with the Guzman family today. Moira nodded

been drinking. Moira could

behind her wheelchair and asked, “Are

her head. “No, I’m with my

Aiken came out of

greeted him.

nodded at him and said, “Let’s

showed up, he was furious. He was fed up with Alfie’s b u l s h

didn’t ask anything and pushed Moira’s wheelchair

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