A Beauty With Multiple Masks

For reasons unknown, Matthew reflexively wanted to turn Nancy down when he heard that she wanted a favor from him, but ultimately, he held himself back from uttering whatever he was on the cusp of saying.

“What is it?”

Matthew’s response was rather muted. He might be inclined to help if it was a modest request but reckoned that he might not be able to handle anything beyond that.

“I’ve been badly burned in the fire. That little bastard Aaron has stationed men at all the hospitals and clinics demanding to screen every person coming in to purchase medication for burns or receive treatment for it. So I…”

Matthew caught the gist of what she was trying to convey even before she was done talking.

Aaron’s maneuvers are intended to flush out her whereabouts. It would seem that that fire was set by her rescuers, who did not expect things to get so out of hand that Nancy herself had gotten hurt in the process.

“Got it. I’ll try to get you those meds.”

After he hung up, Matthew then wracked his brains trying to figure out how he might be able to get his hands on what she needed.

Must l burn myself in order to get that medication to send to her?

***

days later, Sonia was discharged from the ICU. She immediately burst into tears the

person she could not bear to leave behind was neither her aged parents nor her newborn child, but that man whom she had dated

hurting somewhere?” Upon seeing her sniveling, Harvey used his fingers to brush away her tears

is the baby? How is

Eating well

you, Darling, for everything you had to go through to bear me a

bouquet of fresh roses in her hands. Those roses she

he even saying? That

belongs to him and only him. I’m the baby’s

feel all warm and fuzzy

Grandpa yet?” a frail Sonia asked. “I’m sure that he would be delighted to know that the baby was

thought of Harrison back home in

you had bled a lot. He insisted that you

lips reflexively lifted up when he was

to be able to take Sonia and his baby home after the dust had settled and hoped that Aaron would be able to quickly implement some change in legislation so