Chapter 383

Claire was running on empty-her strength had long since left her.

Yet she refused to slip away quietly, to die without a ripple.

Looking back, her short life had been filled with regrets, so many missed chances, so many things that weren't worth it. Now, if she had to face the end, she at least wanted her death to mean something.

Images of Mandy flashed through her mind-Mandy, avenging her by killing four people. It was all her fault, Claire thought bitterly. The darkness in her own past had shaped Mandy in ways she never intended. She was a curse.

She'd gotten May fired from the Linwood family, pushed Mandy down a path of violence, and now Sean-because of her-was lying in a hospital bed with both legs shattered by falling rocks.

If none of them had ever met her, their lives would have been so much brighter, so much fuller than they were now. At the very least, she could try to do something meaningful with whatever time she had left.

The doctor finished explaining her condition and left the room.

Jeffry, Victor, and Normand all turned toward her at once. When they saw she was awake, their eyes filled with worry.

Claire managed a faint smile. “Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."

her gaze to Jeffry. "Jeffry, please don't tell Sean what's happened to

pressed his lips together, hesitated, but

a doctor. Could you prescribe me something for the pain? I...

Claire had been through. Because he understood so well, her request cut even deeper-she almost never complained, never asked for relief. This was the first

her pain was unbearable, and only then

get you something right away." Claire nodded. Once Victor left, she turned to Jeffry and Normand. "I'm a little tired. I think I'll

translucent, her exhaustion drowning out

rest, then

turned her head toward

pouring through the glass

out, stretching her hand toward the

felt warm on her arm, but it couldn't chase away the cold that had settled deep inside

people who cared about her. It was hard to accept that

wasn't ready to say

time

this medicine. It'll help

at him gratefully and obediently

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