That night, Scarlett Summers got a text.

From Orric Harlow. Two words: "Thank you."

She stared at it for a moment, then set her phone down without replying. Orric knew better than to expect one. She hadn't wanted any further contact — that was exactly why she'd had the director handle it instead of stepping in herself.

Not out of kindness, either. Just a coincidence of connections.

The Harlow family selling everything they had to pay for their child's ...