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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ambulance, grabbed his car keys from the table, and ran

had a gut feeling something bad had happened

had shown up in Crescendo

she had been with James, Rhett

his breath, Rhett drove like a bat out

said she

got there, the ambulance hadn’t arrived yet.

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

a

Her f

tops frozen to

eyes, void of life, caught sight of Rhett

tears.

running through the headlights like

be that the gods

it was only a fleeting

her forever. She was well

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front of her,

her, pulling her into his arms. “The ambulance

could let go and pass out. She

had come, really.

life. That way, the Turner family, the Haywood family, and the

But Rhett came…

fainter, Kristin slumped

was so

stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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when even

it’ll

sounded far

was so

she snuggled closer into his embrace, seeking the

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

Kristin was so

tears scalding hot. She

will my penance end?” she murmured, as if asking the messenger from hell how

“You’re not guilty.”

to keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone

as if being torn apart by countless

Kristin close, never

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