When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 657

“I don’t have many hobbies of my own,” Armond said when I did not answer. “I just enjoy watching people fulfill their promises to me. Since you had already promised me, it was only natural for me to come and claim it.”

That seemed like a far-fetched reason to me.

“What about my arm?” I asked, determined to change the subject.

A bullet went through it. You’re d*mned lucky to be alive after all of it.

“It’s nothing,” Armond said. “Just rest up well. You’ll be fine, just not able to lift heavy objects is all.”

I pursed my lips at that but nodded.

A scuffle of footsteps outside made me panic, thinking it was Abe, but it was only the nurse here to change my medication.

I had a lot more questions for Armond, but he seemed to be reluctant to discuss them with me. With several more reticent answers, he took his leave.

Armond’s relationship with Abe is more complex than I had first imagined.

After some hot soup, I fell back asleep.

the tropics. Thunderstorms had a tendency to start at night and keep me awake with their fearsome and

sparsely populated, which made it

asleep, so I thought to sit up for a bit. I attempted

swung overly hard and had knocked the bottle of saline solution

of the disturbance,

the mess on the floor

with a nurse who promptly cleaned it up. She relayed

me and turned

Danny!” I called

Ms. Stovall?” he spun

like to know what is going on

need to rest,” he said after a moment’s

the glass of water onto the floor to get his attention. “If you are going to threaten Ashton with my life, you should at least do me the courtesy of telling me why. I just want to understand what my death is

Stovall, you should treasure life!” he said, with his eye on the broken shards of glass on the

after a deep breath. “For whatever reason that landed you to be Abe’s associate, you must understand that after all the illegal things that

amusement like I was a simpleton. Meanwhile, the nurse returned and

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