Anna looked at the man in front of her, smiling as if nothing heavy sat on his chest.
There was no trace of sorrow on her face, only that cool, unreadable calm.
She let her lips twitch once, then said nothing more. After checking Grandpa Luke's condition, she left.
Grandpa was getting better. After several days of careful exams and treatment, his health had finally steadied.
Anna left clear instructions with the doctor who stayed behind and decided not to return to the estate that night.
With Tina pregnant and the Luke family on edge, stepping back from the mess felt like the safest choice.
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Ruby had been in the detention center for over ten days. She looked wrecked: hair tangled, eyes hollow, shoulders hunched.
At a glance she seemed decades older, a woman whose spark had been burned out.
She lifted tired eyes to the woman standing before her. Hatred flashed across her gaze like lightning.
