The Road to Rebirth Her Fresh Start and His Late Sorrow by Helena R. Bates

Chapter 70

Judson caught the glint of real anger in Nancy's eyes and quickly grabbed her hand. "Nancy, come on. It didn't hurt that bad. I promise I won't do it again. Please, don't be mad, okay?"

Nancy looked back at him, her bright eyes brimming with an undeniable concern he couldn't hide. For some reason, Nancy felt this unsettling feeling in her chest, a bitterness she couldn't quite place.

"Let's put some ice on that," Nancy said, pushing an ice pack into Judson's hand.

For his part, Judson obediently held the ice against his hand, sitting quietly beside Nancy, silent, his deep gaze seemingly lost in thought.

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Meanwhile, it was well past midnight in Sunhaven.

Cyrus knocked back drinks in the bar as if his life depended on it, an air of desperation about him.

The atmosphere in the private booth was eerily quiet, with everyone casting uneasy glances toward Norton.

that you're upset about Nancy leaving home these days, but this isn't the way, man. You can't just drink yourself

flood

upon impact, echoing through

roared hysterically, "Who told you Nancy

back, their apprehension growing in the face

calm himself. "Cyrus, what do you mean?

happened? She didn't disappear or something worse, did

Something worse?" Cyrus let out a bitter

thing echoing in his mind was Alexis' words. "Mr. Gordon, weren't you

frustration boiling over as he angrily swept all the bottles off the table. Whether it was the alcohol hitting his brain or the shock of Nancy deregistering her identity, Cyrus was losing

me? Deregistering your identity, you planned on leaving me right from

he couldn't find her. No wonder Nancy had vanished without a trace.

was Nancy being so merciless? Was she the person who loved him more than anyone else? Cyrus' words hit the room

left home, but she had deregistered her identity! It

revelation hung heavy in the air,