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, and ran out in a

gut feeling something bad had happened to

goons had shown up in Crescendo Town,

since she had been with James, Rhett

like a bat out of hell

caller had said she was

Rhett got there, the ambulance

of the car, he saw a shivering figure curled up

was as white as a sheet like a paper doll.

Her f

frozen to

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

tears.

came running through the headlights like

be that the gods hadn’t forsaken her after all?

it was only a fleeting

She was well aware of that.

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front of

quickly took off his coat and wrapped it around her, pulling her into his arms. “The ambulance is coming.

and pass out. She had held on for so long.

come,

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

But Rhett came…

growing fainter, Kristin slumped

so

breathing stopped short because of ice–cold Kristin.

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the biting cold of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles

afraid, it’ll be alright.”

sounded far away but

so gentle.

his embrace, seeking the warmth.

her to stay conscious. She’d lost too much

Kristin was so

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

murmured, as if asking the messenger from hell how much longer she had to atone before she could be free.

“You’re not guilty.”

Kristin heard someone say

moment, as if being torn apart by countless hands from hell, she seemed to hear redemption.

Rhett held Kristin

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