Marrying the Man in the Dark

The first who emerged were Mr. Kolson and Mr. Hampson, pushing a gurney with Zachary lying on it.

“Zac!” Kareen screamed, her eyes red and puffy. She lunged forward and threw herself onto the gurney. “Zac, wake up! Zac?!”

Desperation filled her as she frantically shook his body. Memories of their last conversation flooded back. He’d told her he was going to Adania, worried about Cherise and Damien after their reconciliation.

“What does it matter if she’s doing well or not?” Kareen had snapped back then. “Enough about her! She’s not worth your time!”

argued. Having lost their mother young, they’d always been

he’d said sternly, “Even if you hate Cherise, she’s Aunt Charisa’s only daughter! Belittling her is belittling Aunt Charisa! She should have

the life we have now out Aunt Charisa. We’d have been thrown out by that wicked woman, Patricia, and her son raised us. Now that she’s gone, can you honestly say

was rendered speechless. She hung up and felt guilt gnawing

with her and gone to see Cherise, lying injured after an accident in Adania.

Kareen shaking him violently, Cherise frowned. “You could hurt him like that,” she said gently.

red and narrowed as she glared at Cherise. “Don’t you tell me what to do! My brother went to Adania to see you; he was perfectly fine! Now he’s back like…

her head, her eyes locked on Cherise as she started towards her, her voice thick with anger and