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

gut feeling something bad had happened to

goons had shown up in Crescendo Town, he

Rhett didn’t think things

his breath, Rhett drove like a bat out of hell

caller had said she was covered

got there, the ambulance

he saw a shivering figure curled up in the

face was as white as a sheet like

Her f

frozen to a bluish–purple, toes smeared

of Rhett stepping

tears.

like a god

be that the gods hadn’t

only a

her forever. She was well

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of her, panting.

pulling her into his arms. “The

pass out. She had held on for so long.

had come, really.

just take her life. That way, the Turner family,

But Rhett came…

breath growing fainter, Kristin slumped

was so

breathing stopped short because of ice–cold

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night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat there barefoot, waiting for him.-

be afraid, it’ll

sounded far

so gentle.

his embrace, seeking

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

Kristin was so

tears scalding

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

“You’re not guilty.”

eyes open, Kristin heard

countless hands

and Rhett held Kristin close, never letting

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