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.

told Laura not to panic, but inside, she was freaking out.

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

Haley

looking to borrow

he and the other guy got banged up pretty bad, ended up in the ICU. Traffic cops hadn’t figured out who was at fault yet, and the other party was adamant that Haley was to blame, demanding the Yearwood

steadfast attitude and his own insecurity, plus the lack of surveillance at the crash site making it tough to pin

the idea that it was probably his dad’s fault. Both sides were facing hefty medical bills,

digging, found out the compensation wasn’t gonna be peanuts, and he

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

the past couple

was looking up. After three days in the ICU, he finally got moved to a regular

office, Kent relayed the news to Brandon

he awake yet?” Brandon paused his work to ask, looking up.

shook his head.

furrowed slightly. He glanced at his phone, snapped his laptop shut, and stood up. “Ill head

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to the hospital,”

try to stop him. Even though Brandon and Sophia were divorced, Haley was still Brandon’s ex–father–in–law, and the call

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