BOOK 3: CHAPTER 70 -DUNCAN- I saw her smile before she turned fully. The kind of smile she used to give when she wanted something. It didn’t work on me back then, and it isn’t working now. I kept walking, not fast, just direct. For example, if I stopped moving, I’d get caught in something sticky.
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 69 DUNCAN I'm not exactly a fan of texting. To be honest, I've never been very good at it. My thumbs are clumsy, my eyesight isn't what it used to be, and I'm always frustrated with auto-correct. But everything changed when I met Elaine. Now, I find myself using my phone a lot mo
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 68 Elaine I was starving by mid-afternoon. The smell of paper and ink at the clinic had made me nauseous, and I couldn't shake the memory of my burnt toast from breakfast. My supervisor had pulled me in at the last minute to sort through patient files, and I ended up skipping lunch
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 67 -Elaine- The following day was my day off. It used to feel like something out of a cozy dream. I wake up slowly, coffee in my favorite chipped mug. A lazy morning before heading to Duncan’s house to spend time with the kids or they’d pile into my place, bringing noise, cartoon
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 66 -Elaine- I wasn’t surprised when Steph arrived at the hospital during my lunch break. Honestly, I’d been waiting for her. She showed up with that sharp, knowing look she always wore when she had something to say and wasn’t sure how I’d take it. She didn’t even sit down before
BOOK 3-CHAPTER 65 DUNCAN The house was oddly still, and I thought maybe she’d retreated upstairs. After Gianna arrived, silence felt foreign. But when I stepped into the living room, there was Elaine, curled up on the sofa, mindlessly flicking through channels as if she were searching for somethin