"Alice can have the surgery now!" Nora's voice came through the speakerphone, filled with excitement. "It can be done in the next few days!"

Ashton immediately looked at me. I nodded, confirming the good news.

"Did they find a heart donor?" Ashton asked.

Nora paused, then suddenly teased, "It's pretty late, Mr. Drake. What are you still doing at Elaine's place?"

Even now, she couldn't resist joking around.

But this wasn't the ...