When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 19 The Real Reason

Chapter 19 The Real Reason

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She had been so full of ambition, so full of promise. That cufflink design held meaning and power. But now, if she could never pick up a pen again… then what?

Jensen instinctively reached for the sketch in his pocket, only to realize it was missing.

His chest tightened. A sharp pang ran through him.

A terrible thought came to him. He turned on his heel and rushed straight toward Sharon’s hospital room.

Inside, Sharon was tearing up the cufflink design with an expression twisted by rage. It was as if the paper in her hands wasn’t a drawing, but Natalie herself.

Jensen froze. His heart clenched tight.

“What are you doing?”

His voice was cold, cutting through the room like a blade.

Sharon jolted. She hadn’t expected him to come back so suddenly. Startled, she dropped the torn pieces immediately.

Even though the sketch had been ripped into several pieces, Jensen still recognized what it was. The lines. The details. The shape. It was Natalie’s design.

She had taken it. She had destroyed it.

And maybe that design–this very drawing–had been the reason Natalie’s hand was broken in the first place.

hit him like a jolt of

shouted, “Why did you have Clark destroy her

this. She couldn’t breathe. She flailed, her hands slapping

stay with me. You said you’d be a good husband until I died. And

struck Jensen hard. He pulled

gasping for breath, pale and

my parents, now you! And I’ve got cancer. I’m running out of time. I only asked for three months. Couldn’t you give me that? If I hadn’t given you that rib, my immune system wouldn’t have collapsed. I

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pale, eyes bloodshot. He took a step back and dropped into a chair. His chest heaved as he tried to catch his

went back on my word. I married you. I stayed. Why did you have to hurt

the rest of your life? Shouldn’t that be enough? I just wanted her hand.

Jensen

hesitation in his eyes, Sharon softened her tone and let the

anything else to her, I promise. Don’t be mad at me. Don’t

Jensen closed his eyes.

is the last time. You’re never to

go near her

rest. I’m going to check

the room

closed behind

sharp, cruel, and filled with venom. There wasn’t a trace

to the emergency room, Natalie’s surgery had just

out on a gurney.