Bagot checked his phone and saw several messages from Hannah, all brimming with impatience.

He set the phone aside without responding and turned to Cowan.

“How long until I can leave the hospital?”

“The doctor mentioned it should be by next week,” Cowan replied.

Bagot nodded thoughtfully.

“Once I’m discharged, please arrange some valuable gifts.

We’ll pay a visit to the Compton family together.

“Understood, Mr.

Delgado.

Cowan affirmed before exiting the room, leaving Bagot alone with his

peculiar expression danced in his eyes as

app, logged out without a second thought about Bagot’s potential

detachment, she retreated to her room, hoping to indulge

her, refusing to grant her the solace

abruptly, she shook her head as if to dispel her unease, and wandered toward

Splash!

rushing water filled the space as she turned on the tap, her gaze lost in the swirling vortex of the filling

through her mind, each more

overwhelmed, stretched

finally shutting off the tap

the porcelain rim, and she exhaled a deep,

the mirror and cloaking the

into her bones, coaxing her into a

she drifted off, the water’s embrace grew colder, an icy

Her eyes snapped open.

wave of cold

a heart-stopping moment, she was a child again, floundering in the

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