The road to Annie wasn't far, and it wasn't close.Running it, with my insides feeling like they might drop out of me, time crawled.Then I saw her, and time tore forward.I'd have given anything for more of it, to fix this.The doctor said Annie needed Adrian to operate, immediately.I called him, again and again, until the sun was going down and someone finally picked up."Ms. Lowell, Adrian's still chatting with my father.""Chloe, I don't care about your father, I need Adrian here now. Now."I broke, pleading. "Chloe, I don't care what's wrong with your father. I need Adrian here to save Annie. Something's happened with her heart."A soft little "oh" from Chloe. Then, slow and unhurried: "Do you know how Adrian talks about Annie to me? He says she's your bargaining chip, the thing you use to keep him. Every time she gets sick, it's just you sending him a signal."It felt like a knife going through me. I nearly screamed. "Put him on the phone.""Sure," she said, easy.I heard her ha
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