Chapter 120 - The Weight of Old WoundsFinding the VIP ward hadn't been difficult. Franklin had asked a few nurses, and now here he was, standing outside a door he'd sworn never to walk through.Inside, Claire sat with her caregiver Sharon, both of them half-watching some movie on the small television. The medication made everything feel slightly fuzzy,pain pills and antibiotics mixing into a pleasant numbness that let her forget, for a moment, about the incision hidden beneath her loose hat. She'd been discharged but was waiting for Aria to pick her up.Sharon leaned forward. "I think she's hiding something."Claire nodded slowly. Her daughter had been acting strange, especially about the money. Where had she gotten the funds for the surgery? "I think so too.""But,"The door slammed open.Claire's heart lurched. She hadn't seen Franklin in over a decade, and time had marked him,grey streaks now wove through the blonde, making him look older than she remembered. Harder, too."Frankli
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