She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 272

Left Me With Walls, Wheels, and Wounds 271

Chapter 271 That's Daylight Robbery!

Freya had just shut down her laptop and was about to freshen up when her phone buzzed to life.

She glanced at the screen-Lawrence. With a sigh, she answered, “Hello.”

Her voice caught Lawrence off guard for a beat.

To him, the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"K?" he asked, as he always did.

"It's me," Freya replied flatly.

"I got the email you sent." Lawrence didn't bother with pleasantries. He cut straight to the chase. "Meeting's fine. You pick the time and place. But I need a favor first-hope it's not too much trouble."

From what Lawrence knew of K, she was never the type to sugarcoat things.

She didn't play games, didn't lure anyone into traps, which was why he didn't hold back.

In the past, Freya would've agreed without a second thought.

But knowing Kristian had a deal with Lawrence, she simply said, "Go ahead."

"There's a guy here-he's got a bullet lodged near his heart and a raging fever. Doctors are hesitant to operate,* Lawrence said briskly. "Can you reach out to the doctor Jacob Prescott and ask for his help? Of course, you can

name your price." Lawrence tacked on.

Freya froze. A gunshot? A fever?

At once, Kristian's face flashed through her mind.

Her thoughts flew back-leaping off the cliff, their rushed parting, Brendan's gun raised and firing.

She'd been boarding the yacht, and when the shot rang out, Kristian had seemed to stumble toward her. She hadn't thought much of it then-just assumed the yacht had rocked beneath them.

Looking back now, that must have been him reacting to the bullet Brendan fired. The memory looped relentlessly in her mind.

When she'd asked if he was alright, he had casually steered the conversation away-and borrowed a coat from

Lawrence.

Kristian, of all people, borrowing a coat? He was too particular for that. Unless- he'd wanted to hide something.

And suddenly, all those overlooked moments surged back with clarity.

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the yacht than he had on the cliff. She'd brushed it off as a trick of lighting against Lawrence's black

beat, heard only silence, and tried

I ask for something,

was this now? Was K playing

wanted Kristian safe more than Lawrence

even if Kristian recovered, Lawrence might

after a pause. "As long as you get Jacob to treat him, I'll

believed K wouldn't trick

"Address."

got twelve hours to get there, or it's

Freya ended the call.

Alerith, she grabbed her keys and headed out, calling Jacob

up with a lazy, half-asleep drawl, "Mina.”

"Alerith."

"Help me save someone."

"Alright."

That was all.

address and sped off to

windows down during

keeping her focused, reminding her how

crisis.

Kristian had a fever, she'd have known something was wrong- especially if he'd been

time, she'd missed it

to leave, insisting he

untangle her feelings-guilt, remorse, worry-all tangled in her

it from her. But to her, none of it had been worth his

She'd already forgiven him.

that storm of emotions tightening in her chest, she pressed harder on the

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location Lawrence

his own way-or more

and a sideways glance, he asked, "Who

didn't

momentarily thrown

Kristian Shaw?

until the name clicked.

"Yes."

"Standard fee-he pays."

pays," Freya

deluge of calls earlier, connected the dots and

"Fine."

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