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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car keys from the table,

feeling something bad had happened to Kristin.

the Haywood family goons had shown up in Crescendo

since she had been with James, Rhett didn’t think things would

drove like a bat out of hell to the

said she

Rhett got there, the ambulance hadn’t

a shivering figure curled up in the grass by the

face was as white as a

Her f

to a bluish–purple, toes smeared with blood.

caught sight of Rhett stepping out of the car, she broke

tears.

headlights like a god come to save her.

it be that the gods

was only a fleeting

protect her forever. She was

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front

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

and pass out. She 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, and the FitzGerald family

But Rhett came…

fainter, Kristin

so

because of ice–cold

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when even puddles froze solid, she sat there barefoot, waiting

it’ll be

Kristin, Rhett sounded far

so gentle.

she snuggled closer into his embrace,

urged her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much blood and it wasn’t

was so

tired…” she sobbed, her tears scalding hot. She was exhausted.

as if asking the messenger from hell how

“You’re not guilty.”

keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone say

if being torn apart by countless hands from hell, she seemed to hear

held Kristin close,

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