When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 163

Chapter 163



Back at the hotel, the more I thought about today's events, the more they seemed off.

Even if Marilyn was looking for terminally ill patients, why did she need to know who I was?

Or was this whole thing orchestrated by her from the start? Was my dad's accident an inspiration for her macabre scheme? Choosing hospital patients with no hope left to do her bidding?

And then there was the peculiar janitor today, always seeming to dodge me.

Yet, he carefully removed a piece of plastic stuck to my clothes and patted me down after.

Such a casual gesture, but who does that if they're not familiar with you?

Then, his burned hand and his last name - could it be?

Suddenly, it hit me why she was named Geneva; it was after Galen Brown's wife's last name.

joy, just like how Geneva had once explained

that this man was Galen Brown

me rushing to confront him at the hospital. Why hadn't he left the country, and why hadn't he sought me out? What was he still doing in Ironvale? Question after question whirled in my head,

when

you been? Weren't you at the

suspicion about possibly

me, skeptical, "Are you sure? Hospitals are pretty strict about who they hire, they

fake identities? And a janitor might not be scrutinized as much as medical

it; the reason Galen Brown had evaded discovery could be because he was hiding in plain

he was still

on

intervene if threatened Geneva

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so close to the

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too impatient and

brought disappointing news;

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came up