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r abdomen dragged Caitlin Walters
rk white walls and the steady drip of saline. The scent of bleach hung thick in the roo
ad spent the aftermath of a majo
r the nurse call button, finding the remote tossed just beyond her reach. Sweat formed on her f
teeth, she dragged the controller across the lamina
he adjusted the IV flow, glancing around t
our husband not
keeping her express
offering the same practiced excuse she had use
he IV port. Once the throbbing in her abdomen dulled to a
was no text message or missed cal
t number. The line rang six times before cli
d Greyson Owen.
aled the landline of the
r, answered on the second r
rs res
in. Is Dovie there?
Owen and the you
d, a sudden chill settlin
ounding distinct
function, ma'am. Please, focus o
re Caitlin could as
adline was already flashing across the banner: Owen Group Reaches Record High
pped the n
of the Waldorf grand ballroom stood Greyson, looking impeccably sharp in a be
parents. She looked up at him with a bright laugh, dressed in a fiery red designer gow
ughter was looking up at Antonia with open adoration, he
d gifted Caitlin for their fifth wedding anniversary-an anniversary he had sk
daughter was clinging to another woman, and she was lying alone in a
movement pulled violently on her abdominal incisio
e, alarmed by the sudden spi
u shouldn't st
tep back. The lingering warmth in her chest faded c
hesitation, she selected Greyson'
me of Chloe Sterling-her closest friend and one of t
not shake as she
I need a
e facedown on the white sh
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