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

something

when York said the Haywood family goons had shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they might not let

Rhett didn’t think things

breath, Rhett drove like a bat out of hell to the

she was covered

there, the ambulance hadn’t arrived yet.

shivering figure curled up in the grass by

as a sheet like a

Her f

tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes smeared with

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

tears.

headlights like a god come

that the gods hadn’t

was only a fleeting

her forever. She was well aware

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front

around her, pulling her into his arms. “The ambulance is coming. Hang in

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

come,

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

But Rhett came…

Kristin slumped in Rhett’s arms.

was so

because of ice–cold Kristin.

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the biting cold of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze solid, she sat

afraid, it’ll be

far away

was so gentle.

closer into his embrace, seeking the warmth.

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

Kristin was so

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

from hell how much longer she had to atone before she could be

“You’re not guilty.”

to keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone

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

ambulance arrived, and Rhett held Kristin close, never letting her

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