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 out in a panic.

had a gut feeling something bad had

shown up in Crescendo Town, he knew they might

been with James, Rhett didn’t think things

a bat out of hell to the

caller had said she was covered in

got there, the ambulance hadn’t arrived

a shivering figure curled up in the

a sheet like a paper doll.

Her f

to a bluish–purple, toes smeared with blood.

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

tears.

running through the headlights like a god

that the gods hadn’t forsaken her

it was only a fleeting moment.

She was

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front of her,

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

let go and pass out. She

come,

up, she’d just take her life. That way, the Turner family, the Haywood family, and the FitzGerald family would stop

But Rhett came…

Kristin slumped in Rhett’s

was so

breathing stopped short because of

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cold of a Crescendo Town night, when even puddles froze

be afraid, it’ll be

far away but crystal clear.

was so gentle.

into his embrace,

Rhett urged her to stay conscious. She’d lost too

was so tired.

her tears

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

“You’re not guilty.”

to keep her eyes open, Kristin heard someone

by countless hands from hell, she seemed to

ambulance arrived, and Rhett held Kristin close,

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