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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an ambulance, grabbed his car keys from the

something bad had happened to Kristin.

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

with James, Rhett didn’t think

breath, Rhett drove like a bat out of hell

had said she was

Rhett got there, the

of the car, he saw a shivering figure curled up in the grass by the road.

was as white as a sheet like a paper doll.

Her f

tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes

void of life, caught sight of Rhett stepping out

tears.

the headlights like a

be that the gods

was only a fleeting moment.

couldn’t protect her forever. She was well aware of that.

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of her, panting.

wrapped it around her, pulling her into his arms.

and pass out. She had

come,

thought if Rhett didn’t show up, she’d just take her life. That

But Rhett came…

breath growing fainter, Kristin slumped in Rhett’s arms.

was so

stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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

it’ll

far away but crystal clear.

was so

she snuggled closer into his embrace,

sleep now,” Rhett urged her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood and

was so

tears scalding hot. She

as if asking the messenger from hell how much longer she had to atone before she

“You’re not guilty.”

Kristin heard

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

arrived, and Rhett held Kristin close, never

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