“What’s Bryson thinking, bringing you out when he knows you’re unwell?”

Makenna Mitchell shot Grace a look.

“I hear you’re not doing great.

Only a year to live, they say.

Bryson’s usually so resourceful.

Why hasn’t he found a cure for you?”

Grace shivered at Makenna’s words.

She’d been shielded by Bryson all her life and had never interacted much with these relatives.

Plus, her chronic illness had always been met with polite sympathy before, never this kind of cruelty.

Grace’s fingers clutched Hannah’s sleeve.

Her voice was barely a whisper.

he’s working on

like that? You’ll upset her enough to land her in the hospital, then her

really confront

that these were Grace’s relatives

comments were distasteful, and the naive

Hannah

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until then that Makenna noticed

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“And you are?”

wine glass in

“Ah, another gold-digger.

But this one’s smarter.

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