e her slowly came into focus, and the sharp smell of antiseptic filled th
gh fever when you arrived last night. It'
throat was dry and painful, and even
hone on the bedside tab
ages. Charle Parrish had
e, she didn't wait for an explanation or a reason
he engagement is off.
ber, removed him from every social me
d she put do
told her the fever had gone down. She could
e papers, her phone rang. The
arp and impatient. "Gen! What are you doing? Didn't you see my em
idn't mention the fever. She didn't mention Char
d, she ended the call and
evieve left the hospital and took a cab ba
e same as before. The expensive furniture, the spotless ro
large suitcases. She packed quickly. Clothes, books, jewelry desi
g on the vanity, her hand paused for a second. Then she pic
Charle had bought for h
box hidden behind the books. Inside were old photographs of her
tacted a moving company and sent her belongings to a storag
stood in the livin
from her finger and placed it beside
suite at The Whitby Hotel, an
she walked out of the apa
y, cutting off the place where
he stood at the front
ieve H
uitcase down and walked toward the floor-
she stood th
and dialed a number she ha
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