Chapter 100

Sophia only got wind of Haley’s accident the day after it went down

Laura herself gave her a ring.

“You wicked girl, you vanish for two years, don’t even drop a call or send some cash back home, all that time raising you up for nothing. Your father adored you, and all he got was disappointment. You know your dad’s knocking on death’s door?”

On the other end of the line, Laura’s sobbing, almost gasping for air, turned Sophia’s face white as a sheet.

“What’s wrong with my dad?” she blurted out, her voice laced with urgency.

Though she hadn’t touched base with Laura and Aaron, she’d kept in sporadic contact with her dad, Haley, even had a video chat just last week.

In that video, Haley looked worn and aged from years of boozing, but he still seemed to have some pep in his step, not at all like he was sick or anything.

“He had a car accident, hit someone, and now he’s laid up in the ICU. No telling if he’s gonna pull through.” Laura’s voice was breaking, the words coming out in fits and starts. “Before they wheeled him in, he was out of it, kept calling your name.”

‘Don’t panic, I’m on my way back now.”

After calming Laura with those words, Sophia hung up.

panic, but inside,

time. She buzzed Susan, left her some instructions, and booked a flight back. home for that very

Haley situation

looking to borrow some dough.

banged up pretty bad, ended up in the ICU. Traffic cops hadn’t figured out who was at fault yet, and the other

his old man was fond of a drink, feared he might’ve been driving under the influence. Given the other party’s steadfast attitude and his own insecurity, plus the lack of surveillance at the crash site making it tough to pin down who was at fault, and witnesses who couldn’t quite give a clear account, though they

his dad’s fault. Both sides were facing hefty medical bills, possibly a fat stack of compensation

he couldn’t

found out the accident report wasn’t ready, so he put the compensation on hold and

running around non–stop the past couple of days,

recovery was looking up. After three days in the ICU,

the office, Kent relayed the news

paused his work to ask, looking

shook his head. “Not yet.”

his phone, snapped his laptop shut, and stood up. “Ill head

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Chapter 100

the hospital,”

divorced, Haley was still

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