Unforgivable Mistakes, Unpaid Debts

, brutal click. The silence in

ncontrollably. She looked at the doctor, w

er voice a raw, broken thing

t to the shattering of her world. Then they wheeled her away, into the blindi

she saw was not Keegan' s. It was a kin

ouch and go for a while. You should have your fam

Keegan' s voice on the phone, cold and final.

er lips. "I don' t have

help, a professional who asked no ques

ver called. He never came. It was as if she had ceased to exist. The confirm

ck to the mansion to collect the last of her

face. He didn' t notice her pallor, the way she leaned hea

ed, his voice sharp. "And where a

and humorless. "You' ve been so bus

me, Haven," he snapped

ny." She looked him straight in the eye. "I was in the hospital for two weeks, Keeg

replaced by a dawning confusion. "

," she said, turning away.

tening into a familiar, placating look. "I' m sorry. I' ve been... distracted. Let' s talk

e he' d made a hundred times befor

n," she said, her voice quiet but f

mprehending. "What ar

ra, of course. Her cheerful voice floated from the s

between Haven and the door. The

" he said to Haven, a pl

wly making her way up the stairs. It was his house, after

ould still hear them. Cora' s bright,

t book you were readin

in my

et it myself!" A pause. "And you promised to make me t

as Cora' s birthday. The soup he made wasn't for her stress; it was for Cora's sadness. E