Samuel said nothing, but his eyes looking at her told everything.

Eliana instantly felt the squeeze in her chest again.

But she didn't make a fuss this time. After watching Samuel leave, she sat alone on the spacious living room sofa, her heart feeling as heavy as if a boulder were pressing on it.

*****

At the hospital.

When Samuel arrived, Chloe was already awake.

She was sitting on the hospital bed, raging at the ...