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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ambulance, grabbed his car keys from

had a gut feeling something bad had

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

James, Rhett didn’t

under his breath, Rhett drove like a bat

caller had said she

Rhett got there, the

the car, he saw a shivering figure curled up in the grass by

as a sheet like a

Her f

bare, the tops frozen to a bluish–purple, toes smeared with

sight of Rhett stepping out of

tears.

like a

it be that the gods hadn’t forsaken

was only a fleeting moment.

her forever. She was well aware of that.

“Rhett…” Kristin croaked.

in front

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

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

come,

hadn’t held out much hope. She thought if Rhett didn’t show up, she’d just take her life. That way, the Turner family, the

But Rhett came…

fainter, Kristin slumped in Rhett’s

was so

stopped short because of ice–cold

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Town night, when even puddles froze solid,

it’ll be

Rhett sounded far away but crystal

was so

closer into his embrace,

with me, you can’t sleep now,” Rhett urged her to stay

Kristin was so

tears scalding

will my penance end?” she murmured, as if asking the messenger from hell how much longer she had to atone before she could be

“You’re not guilty.”

her eyes open, Kristin heard someone say she was innocent.

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

Rhett held Kristin close, never letting her down.

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