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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grabbed his car keys from the table, and

something bad had

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

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

a bat out of

said she was covered

Rhett got there, the

of the car, he saw a shivering figure curled

as white as a sheet like a paper

Her f

the tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes

eyes, void of life, caught sight of Rhett stepping out of the

tears.

the headlights like a god come to save

gods hadn’t forsaken

only a

forever. She was well aware of that.

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of

her, pulling her

go and pass out. She had held on for so

had come,

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

But Rhett came…

Kristin slumped in

so

breathing stopped short because

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when even puddles froze solid,

it’ll be

far away but

so gentle.

snuggled closer into his embrace,

her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood

Kristin was so

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

as if asking the messenger from hell how much

“You’re not guilty.”

eyes open, Kristin heard

torn apart by countless hands from

and Rhett held Kristin close,

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