hour. The halls were empty, the floors polished to a mi
dmitting doctor had kicked her out while they ran tests, leaving her
this mess who understood. Her thumb hovered over the call button, but she hesitated. What would she even say? "Hey, my mother-i
She walked down the corridor, her footsteps echoing softly. At the end of the hall
the corner, she
sing, and unmis
erself flat against the
bora snarled into her phone. "The plan f
d a hand over her mouth, forcing h
intensity. "Julian's match still hasn't been found. We need the umbilical cord
d tilted
out an heir. It wasn't about securing the Velasquez line. She was just a vessel. A walking incu
violent. She swallowed hard, fighting the urg
she walked away, the sound
oubt, any tiny sliver of hope that maybe-just maybe-Dante was simply misl
cal Therapy & Rehabilitation." She leaned against the wall near an empty nurse's station, trying to catch her brea
oked i
was
pacing like a CEO. He was down o
gown, her pale blonde hair pulled back in a messy bun. She looked fragile,
with a tenderness that Helena had never felt from him. Kinsley smiled, reaching out to run her fingers thr
. Pure, unadult
oms, of Debora's plot, of the black card thrown on the nightstand. She thought of
as if the well inside her had run completely d
silent. She turned and walked down the dark
ming out. "He's stable, Mrs. Velasquez. We're moving h
say. The voice sounded distant,
hit her face, sharp and biting, but she didn't flinch. She stood on
ty. Her heart wasn't broken. It was dead. And a
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