She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1101:

They both nodded faintly.

But tension tightened in Gerard’s chest. Lying to Kristian’s parents gnawed at him. He had parents too. If something ever happened to him, he wouldn’t want his parents to know either. Bad news only added more people to the list of worriers—without changing the outcome. It was easier to carry the weight alone.

After the meeting, Gerard returned to the office to grab the fake report. Melinda watched him go, unease settling in her heart.

“Is Kristian really alright?”

“There’s no way he’s completely fine,” Isaac answered, part honesty, part comfort—he always knew how to reassure her. “But don’t overthink it. He’s an adult. He knows how to handle things.”

“I still can’t stop worrying…” Melinda murmured, unable to shake it off.

“I’ll speak to him tonight,” Isaac said, sticking to his usual hands-off approach. “If anything’s off, I’ll tell you. Alright?” Melinda didn’t have a better option, so she agreed.

No one knew a son like his mother. Even though Melinda and Kristian rarely spoke now that he was grown, she could still sense that Kristian hadn’t been himself these past couple of months.

Gerard gave Kristian the update and passed along the falsified report to Kristian’s parents as planned. Kristian replied to his message

Lawrence said, handing him the bottle. “When you run out, come to me. And if you skip meals—I won’t

“You can go now.”

“Don’t forget your meds.”

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Kristian didn’t answer.

call—asking someone to dig into Jacob’s whereabouts. He needed leverage. He

once, and they’d expect you to keep giving. He had to end it before it

try asking Ms. Briggs,” Gerard suggested, aware of Jacob’s ties to Freya. The second he got the request, he phoned Kristian. “She probably

down. He wouldn’t bother Freya unless he absolutely had

remembered that hacker he hadn’t

the one person who only ever communicated by email. He said

the so-called patient? That was

got the email just as she

the driver’s seat, engine idling in the parking garage, when she saw it pop up. She hesitated, then

said that this time, he just wanted a real break—to