Chapter 9

"What did you just say?"

Yasmine arched an eyebrow, her fierce gaze making the housemaid shrink away instantly.

Victoria had been standing in place for ten whole minutes, her beautiful eyes fixed on the winding staircase ahead, her heart feeling utterly hollow.

At last, she found her voice, though it was little more than a hoarse whisper.

"Yasmine, let's go."

It was time. She didn't belong here, nor anywhere that had McNeil in it.

They were finished-had been for a long time.

A sleek black town car sat abandoned in the driveway.

Victoria passed by it without so much as a glance.

Anything that belonged to McNeil, she wanted nothing to do with. If Violet wanted it, she could have it.

Yasmine flagged down a cab for her. Victoria sat alone in the back seat, gazing out the window as the city slipped by.

bloom, and the mountains would be shrouded

vision. Wasn't that all she'd ever wanted-peace and quiet, a life shared with someone she

mansion, there was simply no place for

ring of her phone pulled Victoria back to reality. Dr. Kelvin's

the phone

Thorpe Langford, has decided to give up his place for the surgery to someone else. His condition isn't improving, and at his age, every day he waits is

The old man was giving up his

did that even

then

Violet.

wasn't handing over

Kelvin's voice cut through her fog. "Victoria, are you

go to the hospital now and see what's going

changed course immediately, weaving through traffic as Victoria's thoughts churned and

corridors smelled as always-sterile

and for once, he seemed to

told me you're giving up your place for the surgery," Victoria said bluntly, catching him

he couldn't hide it from

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