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

absolutely zero appetite.

they had a meal, they went to the police station to give statements.

perpetrator. He was a schizophrenic with severe delusions. He watched Mamie’s movies everyday and gradually came to believe that she

walls were plastered

long time, and was even prepared

a radical and had served

on the spot when he fell from

Jared and Agnes left the police station, it was already dark

in the car

on the roof, I only said them beccause I had to. Don’t overthink it,

really overthinking anything at the

trusted me, but I was still mad. I kept asking myself why I was so mad and now I understand: it’s because I wasn’t part of your past. Your past with Mamie is like a mysterious

out what was on her mind.

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