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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call an ambulance, grabbed his car keys from the

had a gut feeling something bad had happened

in Crescendo Town, he knew they might not let Kristin

with James, Rhett didn’t think things would

like a bat out

said she

there, the

out of the car, he saw a shivering figure

a

Her f

tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes

Kristin’s eyes, void of life, caught sight of Rhett

tears.

headlights like

be that the gods hadn’t forsaken her

it was only

her forever. She was well aware of

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front of

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

let go and pass out. She had

come, really.

didn’t show up, she’d just take her life. That way, the Turner family, the Haywood family, and the FitzGerald family would stop

But Rhett came…

breath growing fainter, Kristin slumped in Rhett’s

was so

stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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biting cold of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat there barefoot, waiting for him.-

be afraid, it’ll be alright.”

far away but crystal

so

snuggled closer into his embrace, seeking the

to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood and it wasn’t

Kristin was so

tired…” she sobbed, her tears scalding

messenger from hell how much longer

“You’re not guilty.”

eyes open, Kristin heard someone say

being torn apart by countless hands from hell, she seemed to hear redemption.

ambulance arrived, and Rhett held Kristin close,

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