“Oh,” the owner finally snapped back to reality. “You’re looking for Kendra. She took the afternoon off.”

“Took off?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Is everything okay with her?”

Emmeline, standing behind him, grew tense. Kendra and Quincy, could something be wrong?

“Her daughter had a high fever,” the owner said. “She went to the hospital for an IV drip.”

“Do you know which hospital?” Abel asked.

“The private one across the street,” the owner pointed a finger.

Abel turned around and walked towards the door, with Emmeline hurrying to keep up with him.

Kendra and Quincy were alone and vulnerable, and Emmeline couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to them. She hurried across the street to the small private hospital and found the pediatric observation room.

Sure enough, she saw Kendra holding Quincy in her arms, with an IV drip in her head as she slept soundly.

Then, a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in Kendra’s line of sight.

Without guessing, she knew who it was.

Kendra suddenly looked up.

Kendra tried to sit up and hold Quincy, but

back gently. “Be

find us here?” Kendra was a

shop,” Abel said. “I told you to call

welling up in them. “Quin just

“Although you used to work for

Emmeline is gone, things have changed. It’s better for me to

his

Ms. Emmeline,” Kendra said. “I don’t want anyone to misunderstand, so it’s better for me

there’s nothing between me

her eyelashes. “With Ms. Emmeline here, the Precipice was still my home, but with other women coming in now that

I need you now,” Abel said. “Can you come back to

raised her head and asked bitterly, “To serve Evelyn? She wants to

with a sour feeling in her nose and tears welling up in her eyes. She quickly

Emmeline’s hand and explained, “It’s this young man. He’s going to stay with me for a

then did Kendra turn her gaze to “Emmett”. When she saw him, she was first

nodded hastily, “a real

a young man,” Kendra said. “If you shave that beard off, you’d look

grew this beard precisely because people kept

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