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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keys from

gut feeling something bad had happened to Kristin.

goons had shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they might not let Kristin

Rhett

breath, Rhett drove like a bat out of hell to

had said she was covered in blood…

there, the

out of the car, he saw a shivering figure

was as white as a sheet like a paper

Her f

were bare, the tops frozen to

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

tears.

headlights like a god come to

gods

it was only

protect her forever. She was well aware

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

front

coat and wrapped it around her, pulling her into his arms. “The

pass out. She had held on for so

come, really.

thought if Rhett didn’t show up, she’d just take her life. That way, the Turner family, the Haywood family, and the FitzGerald family would

But Rhett came…

growing fainter, Kristin slumped

so

because of

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of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat there

it’ll

sounded far away but crystal

so gentle.

snuggled closer into his embrace, seeking the warmth.

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

was so tired.

tears scalding

asking the messenger from hell

“You’re not guilty.”

Kristin heard someone say she was

apart by countless hands from hell,

and Rhett held Kristin close, never

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