The only effective way forward was to start with Vince.

Vince slid behind the wheel, started the car, and gunned the engine. His heart slammed against his ribs. If Jessica really was Salome...

He shut his eyes, unable to let his thoughts go any further.

If it was true, the pain was unbearable.

He'd been right there, always by her side, yet he'd watched her suffer and when Timothy set that cruel trap-he'd even chosen, just once, to turn his back on her.

Timothy knew Salome too. She'd always depended on him as a child, always wanted to be near him.

Timothy probably knew more about her than anyone.

On top of that, he'd once confided in Timothy about her birthmark—something so intimate, so private. Now, Timothy and Jessica were married. If Jessica was Salome, if she had that birthmark, Timothy would definitely be suspicious.

So, when Timothy claimed he had news about Salome... what if he meant Jessica?

If that was the case-and Timothy used information about Salome to torment them in court, to force Jessica back to The Gilded Whisper Estates-then Timothy's actions were truly unforgivable.

Vince's hands shook as he pulled out his phone and dialed Jessica.

"Hello, Vince?" Her voice trembled through the speaker, and his heart twisted with worry and a tenderness he could barely contain.

"Jessica, where are you?"

"I'm on my way back to my hometown."

"With Herbert?"

"Yeah, he's giving me a ride."

Vince's voice quavered, and Jessica wondered if Timothy's condition was more serious than she'd realized. Why else would Vince sound so shaken?

But whenever she remembered the pain

location. I want to come see

"Okay."

"I'll hang up now."

him the

he? There was no way he'd just leave Timothy to come visit her if things were

could

say anything yet, not without proof. He didn't want to scare

understand

car sped down the

Whisper Estates in just

was already merging onto

was wheeled out of surgery

Jessica

wanted to

his eyes,

were all across his back, so he lay face down on the hospital

to the doctor, voice

the doctor

"the

new tearing along an old abdominal wound. You should all encourage him to take

body has its limits."

"Thank you, doctor."

realized Jessica and Vince

gripped him had nothing to do

the past, if he so much as scraped his knee, Jessica

to spill over with

still remember those days,

had everything

several times now, yet

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