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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car keys from

feeling something bad had

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

James, Rhett didn’t think things

drove like a bat out of hell

caller had said she was covered in

the

the car, he saw a shivering figure

white as a sheet like a paper

Her f

the tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes smeared with blood.

of Rhett stepping out of the car, she broke down

tears.

like a god come to save her.

gods hadn’t forsaken her after

only a fleeting

protect her forever. She was well aware of that.

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

stood in front of

her, pulling her

pass out. She had

had come, really.

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 slumped

so

because of ice–cold

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night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat there barefoot, waiting

be afraid, it’ll be alright.”

Rhett sounded far away but

so gentle.

snuggled closer into his

me, you can’t sleep now,” Rhett urged her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood and it wasn’t time

was so tired.

she sobbed, her tears scalding hot. She

if asking the messenger from hell

“You’re not guilty.”

to keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone

moment, as if being torn apart by countless hands from hell, she

Kristin close, never letting

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