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king about?" Deanna murmu

elieved he would at least try to be fair. She never thought he would rely on Gillian's

ief crumbled

and a faint, self-mocking

hole heart. He was the one she had insisted on m

lian-they had grown up together, and their history was long and tangled. But since Gillian was a

ge for her caring for Gillian's illness,

years later, he would say the

Connor, who once again chose

gaze landed on her, it felt like she was nothing more than a stranger he happ

had fooled herself. He didn't care for her, an

accept the divorce!" said Susan loudly. Her voice r

f you're convinced there's a problem with the medication, then ask the hospital's i

've done enough? You have the nerve to drag the inspection team into this? Do you believe I don't know what you and your ho

t, take her down to the basement and lock her up. She can come out when she's ready to confess. Si

in the present day? How could they talk about locking

back, she turned

me part of her still longed t

cold. "Take your time and think it over. Gillia

she'll stop acting so tough." Kristina never tried to hide her dislike for Deanna. She always thought Connor had been fo

eyes fixed on Connor. Kristina's opinions mean

er hurt Gillian. I'm a doctor. I care for every patient. You always talk about

eanna's eyes as she

All she wished for was simple fairness. She wanted someone

y thing she ever

d herself let d

ily's butler, Deanna was led

ing her from Connor and seal

gap, she caught a final glimpse of Connor's distant gaz

freeze in place. Her heart pounded as

ng as she sat in th

clammy under her hands, and the air pr

small scurried past, making th

all. At some point, she simply settled onto the cold flo

many hours or days had

en and sunlight spilled across the fl

or asked flatly, "Have you

end her right back to the h

y that, whatever love she sti

not quite name. Maybe it was the weight of three years toget

you let me, I'll go to the hospital and uncover the truth. All I'm asking for i

nted with cold amusement. "You mean

nna, even though she had tried t

usband and asked, "After everything we've been th

esitated. Then a low, humorl

any blow. It told her she had cl

ed, her complexion turning ghostl

r. "In that case, let's end

ad spoken something impossible. His brow

sement. He assumed she would fold, step aside from her posit

e would be the one t

looked ridiculous, even de

anna felt a hollow laugh rise in

e had spent three years fol

ooked him in the eye and said ag

e turned and walked

very bruise throbbed under her skin. The memory of those small cr

kept m

om the Dixon family, and to end the marriage she once