Selena chose to conceal the truth about Aunt Samantha.

Dominic assumed Samantha had gone out for a couple of days and had simply arranged for a different nurse to step in. Seeing Selena sitting idly, lost in thought, he said, "You can head back. There’s a nurse here, after all."

Selena shook her head.

There was nowhere she wanted to be, nowhere else she needed to be—except here.

The night settled heavily over the hospital, enfolding it ...