the light, the silhoue
husb
erile room. His tie was slightly askew, his dark hair disheveled, as if he'd run his hands through
re a churning storm. He didn't look at his mother. He didn't look at the
ks on her lip, the flimsy gown that
d into a line as
voice, a mixture of shock and displeasure in
ed her c
out. He stopped beside the table, his large frame castin
resting on the instrument tray. His knuckles were white
eros
he clipboard back onto the tray. It landeher professional composure cracking. "This is a
oice was low, a barely contained growl
ou to do th
he doctor. She looked from Bishop to Elean
m. "I brought her here! It has been three years, Bishop
t were a piece of lint. The m
ire. His eyes were chips of ice. Hi
. What are yo
on. As if she had orchestrated this entire humiliating s
s chest snapped. She had thought, for one i
had come to
werful it propelled her upright. She scrambled up on the table, ignoring the cri
in their three-year marriag
oice raw and shaking. "I want a bab
n. It was the only thing she could think of to say that would end this nig
stunned silence of the room
one f
nd then satisfaction crossing her features. Thi
nt giving way to raw curiosity at the bizarre dra
s reaction that he
nguarded flash of something that looked almost like shock, as if the ground had shifted beneath his feet. His throat worked, but no sound came out. A fai
way his chest had stopped moving mid-breat
nt knock came
voice, gentle and laced with
y? I heard you rush
voice of
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