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

had absolutely

a meal, they went to the police station to

watched Mamie’s movies everyday and gradually came to believe

had no windows, and the walls were plastered with posters and photos of

long time, and was even prepared to die with her if

was a radical and had served time for a criminal case before.

on the spot when he

time Jared and Agnes left the police station, it

in the car

I said up on the roof, I only

a bit out of it. She wasn’t really overthinking anything at the moment. She wasn’t even sure what Jared was trying to

understand: it’s because I wasn’t part of your 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

finally let out what was

were feelings she’d been avoiding and hiding, but Jared’s words today had opened