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Faith was discharged from the hospital three days later.

It was simply difficult to comply with the doctor's orders to get sufficient rest, not with Sterling's threats constantly replaying in her head.

Her heart managed to leap to her throat each time she recalled his exact words about her not seeing Maya again.

He had sounded so confident that she would lose her rights to Maya.

It upset and sickened her to think about the deceptive measures he might ...