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:

wanted to eat something nice with us, and even asked if we could go to the amusement park. But I'm not well enough to take her... Poor thing, always stuck at home

glanced at the message, saw that it wasn't an emergency, and didn't reply. After a long silence, Violet sent another

"Is Victoria with you?"

his head slightly. Sure enough, Victoria was bundled

an early flight-so early, in fact, that it was still dark when the car dropped them at

taps of his slender

won't message you again. We'll wait for you at

bother

flight, he got up to use the restroom. Victoria happened

up. They

read online: No woman ever comes away smiling after

swearing nothing had ever happened with Violet, vowing that once her health stabilized,

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

message flashed

it. To her surprise,

she

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

new line of text

you for the gift. I never imagined this necklace

believe you

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