Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 264

A crowd of reporters swarmed outside the hospital.

Agnes knew the whole thing was going to be splashed across tomorrow’s front pages,

Half an hour later, Ivan showed up.

He was all dusted up and had a worried look on his face. “How’s Mamie? Is she okay?” he asked.

Agnes had never seen Ivan so freaked out like this.

He took a plane early this morning for a meeting out of town. It was just past noon now. He must have heard about Mamie as soon as he landed and rushed back immediately.

“She’s fine,” Jared said, “just a bit shaken up.”

Ivan rushed into the ward.

to Agnes, “Let’s go grab a

Agnes had absolutely zero appetite.

they had a meal, they went to the police station to

schizophrenic with severe delusions. He watched Mamie’s movies everyday and gradually came to believe

the walls were plastered

planned the proposal for a long time, and was

gun he brought was smuggled in. The guy was a radical and had served

he fell

left the

the

suddenly grabbed her hand, “Those things I said up on the roof, I only said them beccause I had to. Don’t overthink

really overthinking anything at the

past. Your past with Mamie is like a mysterious box to me, I can’t see anything inside it. I’ve been trying to understand you, to understand your past feelings. I’ve been through a relationship with Elton Taylor, so I know letting go isn’t easy. I’m always scared, scared that I’m just a fling to you; scared that in the end, you might think the woman you loved for so many years is the

finally let out what was on

and hiding, but Jared’s words today had opened her heart.