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

car keys from the table, and ran out

something bad had happened to Kristin.

when York said the Haywood family goons had shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they

with James, Rhett didn’t think things

a bat out of hell to

had said she

there, the ambulance hadn’t

saw a shivering figure curled up

a sheet

Her f

to a bluish–purple,

of Rhett stepping

tears.

through the headlights like a god come

it be that the gods hadn’t

was only a fleeting moment.

her forever. She was

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of her, panting.

wrapped it around her, pulling her into his arms. “The ambulance is coming. Hang in there.”

could let go and pass out. She had held on

had come, really.

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,

But Rhett came…

growing fainter, Kristin slumped

so

stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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night, when even puddles

it’ll be alright.”

Rhett sounded far away but crystal clear.

so

closer into his embrace, seeking

can’t sleep now,” Rhett urged her to stay conscious. She’d

Kristin was so

sobbed, her tears scalding hot.

if asking the messenger from hell how much longer

“You’re not guilty.”

her eyes open, Kristin heard

torn apart by countless hands from

held Kristin close, never letting

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