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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Chapter 74

his car keys from the

had a gut feeling something bad

shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they might not let Kristin off

had been with James, Rhett didn’t think things

under his breath, Rhett drove like a bat out of

caller had said she was covered

got there, the

car, he saw a shivering figure

face was as white as a sheet like a paper

Her f

frozen to a bluish–purple,

of Rhett stepping out of the car,

tears.

headlights like a god come to save

be that the gods hadn’t forsaken her after all?

it was only a fleeting moment.

couldn’t protect her forever. She was well

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

stood in front of her, panting.

his coat and wrapped it around her, pulling her into his arms. “The ambulance is coming. Hang

Kristin could let go and pass out. She had held on for so

come,

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

But Rhett came…

Kristin

was so

stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat

it’ll be

Kristin, Rhett sounded far away but

so gentle.

closer into his embrace, seeking the warmth.

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

Kristin was so

tired…” she sobbed, her tears scalding hot. She was exhausted.

will my penance end?” she murmured, as if asking the messenger from hell how much longer she had to atone before she could

“You’re not guilty.”

to keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone say she

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

held Kristin close, never letting her

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