When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 222

Mark continued, “Word on the street is that Gregory returned to RiverCity looking for clues about his childhood sweetheart”

“You wouldn’t guess he’s the romantic type.“I was surprised. There was someone else like Mark, who held onto the memory of someone from their youth with such determination after all these years.

Mark smiled, not saying much else, but added, “You’ll be home tomorrow, right? I’ll drop by after work with your gift.”

“Gift?” It took me a moment to remember what he talked about last night. I nodded, “Sure, I’ll be home for the next few days unless something comes up.”

The next day, I woke up naturally, no alarm needed, and reached out to the spot next to me.

Christine wasn’t there.

[Snuck out. If Steven loses

Typical Christine.

Margaret and Albert, plus the public spat between Margaret and Teresa at the town hall, had tanked the

Ferguson family would need to wear disguises

and her husband are having a brawl

in the aftemoon, the nurse from

heart skipped a beat as I grabbed my car

already there, with a crowd gathered around the ward. “Relation to the patient?” a

aunt,”

try to calm them down. No need for a family

“Yes, yes, I won’t do it

him to check on my aunt, Cheryl, and my heart sank seeing her bruised and battered. “Are you out of your mind? She’s sick, and you beat her like

her up to this, bitch. Even if she

lost!” I invoked Bryant’s name, “Bryant’s on his way