Chapter 473

Victoria fixed McNeil with an icy stare. "Suit yourself."

She turned on her heel and walked away without a hint of hesitation. Behind her, McNeil coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He dropped to one knee, bracing himself with a hand on the floor, refusing to collapse completely.

Victoria was nearly at the restaurant's entrance when one of the bodyguards hurried to block her path.

"Ma'am"

She shot him a cold look, and he immediately dropped his gaze. "Ms. Turner, Mr. Langford just started coughing up blood. Could you— maybe?”

They'd worked for McNeil for years, but none of them had ever seen Mr. Langford in this state.

"Coughing up blood?"

A flash of memories flickered through Victoria's mind.

The accident. McNeil and Randy, the twisted wreckage. Victoria had nearly bled out to save McNeil. Mann had fetched Violet to save Randy.

She stared back at the bodyguard. "Let him cough. How much could he possibly cough up? Enough to give back all the blood I lost saving him?"

Without another word, Victoria strode off.

The bodyguard watched her retreating figure and, for the first time, realized how much Mrs. Langford had changed.

She used to love Mr. Langford so much she would have died for him. Now, she seemed perfectly capable of watching him die without a flicker of emotion.

emerged from the back, barely staying upright as four

back

get

his lips and his once-white shirt, the red shockingly bright. Anyone seeing him would think

said take me back to Starfall City.

voice was forceful enough to make the bodyguards tremble. They hustled

children home. Two

Langford asked us to bring Miss

was gone. He had

"Mommy, where is Daddy taking

several months now-Daddy had even arranged for her

and more fun than the one in Starfall City. "Back to Starfall

she pressed a kiss to her daughter's cheek. The feelings she thought she'd

at

don't want me

"Of course I do. Daddy just

won't be

face fell

that's fine, but... I want to stay with Chris and Celia- and

Victoria's expression tightened.

that she didn't want Gwyneth with her;

around lately. If

tried to remind her gently, "If you don't go,

lips

Violet is always busy. She

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