Her Heart, His Life: A Final Exchange

cheap phone the next morning. "

? A way to silence him? He d

porary reprieve. The doctors were grim, "This buys you weeks, maybe a mont

or a heart that likely didn't

l in her gala gown from the night before, looking out of place and agitated. She was with Liam, her current boy

of warmth for him, now held a mixture of d

, Liam trailing

voice low and tight. "W

, "Probably looking for another hand

ivia. The $20,000 was a start, b

said, the desperation raw.

For what, Ethan? More get-r

shared apartment, papers spread everywhere, the beginnings of a tech idea that she would later turn into a giant. She'd co

ing heart. To make it work, to ensure she never knew, he had to become a monster in her eyes. He'd told her he got a big job offer, that he was tired of being poor,

bills," he manag

You look fine to me. Just a