Chapter 264

Stephanie used to skip her afternoon nap and still have energy to burn, but not anymore.

Lately, she could barely keep her eyes open after lunch. And sometimes she even needed a nap in the morning, afternoon. or evening. With that added to her regular sleep, it felt like she was living in a dream world.

But she seldom slept well. “Yeah, my sleep’s been… a lot,” she said. “But I don’t feel good. I dream every time I sleep and wike up exhausted.”

Her dreams were nightmares–usually about snakes or something equally creepy. Just thinking about those slimy things gave her the chills.

“Having dreams?” Macro asked. “I’ll adjust your meds.”

Stephanie nodded. “Okay.”

They talked it through and figured out she was dealing with insomnia, nightmares, and a touch of indigestion.

Macro left, and as Stephanie got back to her room, her phone rang. She saw Allison’s name and answered, “Allison?”

“S–Stefi…” Allison’s voice was barely a whisper, weak even through the line.

Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat. “What happened to you?”

“Stefi, help…” was all Allison got out before her voice cut off.

Stephanie’s eyes widened. The word “help” sent a jolt through her. Any trace of sleepiness was gone in an instant. “Where are you? What happened?” she demanded urgently.

“Allison? Allison?” Stephanie kept calling her name, but there was only silence on the other end, drowned out by chaotic noises in the background.

Stephanie’s heart lurched into her throat. She raced downstairs while shouting into the phone. “Allison, say something! Don’t scare me like this!” But no matter how many times she called out, there was only silence.

She was about to sprint for the door when Henry stepped in front of her. “Ms. Giovanni,” he asked.

“Which driver went to pick up Allison? Where are they? Check now!” Stephanie’s voice trembled with urgency.

Henry’s face was grim. “Ms. Pierce was in an accident.”

She stared at Henry in disbelief. “What?”

Ms. Pierce was in a bad car accident.”

the feeling that something was terribly wrong, especially

now. He said Ms. Pierce passed out, but he’s already

“I’m going to check it out,” she

offered, “I’ll get a

me the location,”

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Chapter 264

keys and was out the door. She didn’t

a coat,” he told the maid, as

The screech of tires

noise. With all that ice and snow, the roads had

the clothes from the maid and walked out, already calling Sebastian.

accident scene. As soon as she got out of the car, she

out,

been chatting with her on the phone, and now she lay pale and still in Yanis’s arms. Stephanie’s heart ached as she took in the

reach them, the ambulance tore away. The

of the car that Allison was in was crumpled, and the truck

with Allison, limped over and called out to Stephanie, “Ms.

at him, still in shock. “You were driving Allison?” she

over there.” He gestured to a spot on the side

Stephanie asked, stunned.

just pulling out when it lost control

she got the message–the truck had been parked safely, but as soon as Allison’s car pulled out, the truck hit

front of the car

driver didn’t say much, but his message was

pros–trained to spot trouble and remember every detail. The truck had been parked there the whole time–no way the

parked truck just crash into their car?‘ Stephanie’s mind raced. ‘Was this aimed at

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