Chapter 27

Before boarding, Victoria sent a text to Stein, letting him know she was heading back. She didn't explain why-just said she had something to take care of.

McNeil sat beside her, thoughtfully draping a blanket over her shoulders.

"Get some sleep. We've got a long flight ahead," he murmured.

Victoria replied with a quiet "Mm," nestling into her seat.

As Victoria drifted off, McNeil pulled out his phone and turned it on. Instantly, a message from Violet popped up on the screen.

Reading that something had happened to Gwyneth made McNeil's heart leap into his throat.

With Victoria right next to him, he couldn't very well reply to Violet openly. He waited until she was fully settled, then, when she wasn't looking, typed a quick

response:

"What happened?"

Violet had been up all night, staring at her phone, waiting for any word from him. It wasn't until half past eight the next morning that McNeil's message finally arrived. The moment she saw it, tears spilled onto her screen.

She wanted to call him, but thought better of it. Instead, she replied with another text:

we could go to the amusement park. But I'm not well enough to take her... Poor thing, always stuck at

and didn't reply. After a long

"Is Victoria with you?"

enough, Victoria was bundled up under the blanket, fast

early, in fact, that it was still dark

taps of his slender

I won't message you again. We'll wait

didn't bother to

the flight, he got up to use the restroom.

still lit up. They say curiosity

online: No woman ever comes

nothing had ever happened with Violet, vowing that once her health stabilized, he'd cut Violet

didn't know if she could-or even should-believe

message flashed on

it. To her surprise, it

hands, she tapped

just like her mother's. But on closer inspection, she realized it

minimized, a new line of

for the gift. I never imagined this necklace

with the pendant. I can't believe you remembered what

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