Chapter 74

At the hotel Rhett spent the night in a fitful slumber due to the haunting memories that used to rob him of sleep. For the longest time, he couldn’t catch a wink without popping some sleeping pills.

On the nightstand, there were sleeping pills that York had set out for him, but tonight Rhett didn’t take any. His head was buzzing with thoughts of Kristin…

Funny enough, Rhett never thought he’d be head over heels for a dame.

When she said she was deaf in her left ear and tried to off herself more times than she could count, she was so calm like she was talking about the weather or spilling the beans on something trivial.

Glancing at the clock, it was already 3 a.m.

Rubbing his chest to calm a heart that wasn’t in it, Rhett felt all kinds of restlessness.

Why the heck did he keep thinking about that gal without even trying..

His phone screen lit up with a call, but in sleep mode, not even a buzz.

Outskirts of town.

Kristin was trembling all over as she stared at her phone, shaking so much she was about out of juice.

“Lady, we should call the fuzz,” said the jogger who was scared witless. The gal looked like she had bled out…

Tears brimming in her eyes, Kristin stubbornly kept dialing Rhett’s number.

Finally, on the third try, Rhett picked up. “Hello?”

His voice was detached, weary with a hint of gravel.

“Rhett…” Kristin’s voice shook with emotion, thick with the verge of tears, but she couldn’t get the rest out.

On the other end, Rhett hitched his breath and bolted upright. Tentatively, he asked, “Where are you?”

It was Kristin.

He recognized her voice.

“I’m at…” Kristin asked weakly, her vision turning black.

The jogger quickly took the phone and added, “We’re at the outskirts on the Road 306. Your friend’s in bad shape, all bloody. Should I rush her to the hospital?”

“Stop the bleeding, I’m on my way.

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his car keys from the table, and ran out

something

Haywood family goons had shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they might not let Kristin off the

she had been with James, Rhett didn’t think things

under his breath, Rhett drove like a bat

she was covered in blood…

got there, the ambulance hadn’t arrived

saw a shivering figure curled up in the grass by the

as a sheet like a paper

Her f

to a bluish–purple, toes smeared

Rhett stepping out

tears.

like a

it be that the gods

was only a

forever. She was well aware of

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of her,

it around her, pulling her into his arms. “The

go and pass out. She had held on

come,

Kristin hadn’t held out much hope. She thought if Rhett didn’t show up, she’d just take her life. That way, the Turner family, the Haywood family, and the FitzGerald family would stop hounding Garner and Summer.

But Rhett came…

fainter, Kristin slumped in

so warm.

because

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cold of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat there barefoot,

afraid, it’ll be

Kristin, Rhett sounded far away but crystal

was so

she snuggled closer into his embrace, seeking

Rhett urged her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood and it wasn’t time

Kristin was so tired.

tears

from hell how much

“You’re not guilty.”

eyes open, Kristin heard someone say she was innocent.

that moment, as if being torn apart by countless hands from

and Rhett held Kristin close, never

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