months
er hair, plastering it to her forehead. Her hands gripped the metal bedrails so hard her join
y pierced
or announced. A nurse quic
let her head fall back against the wet pillow, a
he room fell dead silent. There was no cry. Only t
nt to the warming table and began chest compressions. Eleanor trie
en-like whimper came from the baby. T
ver to Eleanor. He
eys are barely functioning. She needs a top-tier medical team and immed
of her eyes and slid into her hair. She thought of her empt
lood. She made the only choice tha
umber. When her best friend answered, Eleanor sobbed into
nights
rked in the shadows outside the Gill estate in New York
ight air bit at her face. She placed the baby gently on the stone steps. She tu
to the baby's freezing forehead. A tear f
d against the intercom buzzer
stepped out, holding a flashlight. He saw t
er carry her daughter into the warm, brightly lit mansion. She
opped a forged death certificate and two p
. She stared at the ir
" she w
pless nights mastering architectural design, transforming her pain into brilliant, award-winning blueprints. Slowly, she buried the fragile Eleanor and forged a new, unbreakable identity: Raina, a highly sought-a
years
at JFK International Airport. She wore a tailored suit, high heels, and
ge cart with a serious expression. Jalen looked eve
t her phone, checking
se, boys,
wall of men in black suits walked to
le girl in a pink princess dress in one arm. He was looking dow
narrow corridor. Eleanor's shoulder near
m Cece's fingers. It drifted toward Jalen.
ed a bright, missing-tooth smi
len's face. His dark eyebrows pulled together
ent. She snapped her head up. S
ing. She grabbed both boys by their collars a
axi lane. Eleanor threw the boys into the back
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