"I raised little Nina myself-I know her health better than anyone. I understand you don't want to trouble me, but when a child is sick, nothing else matters. You can't let your worries get in the way."

Briony fell silent at those words.

James walked over to the window and gently touched Nina's forehead. "Feels like her fever's gone down a little."

"Yeah. Dr. Jarvis just stopped by again-he said her condition is stable for now."

James nodded. "That's good."

Ferdinand asked, "Is it pneumonia?"

"Bronchial pneumonia," James replied.

Ferdinand said, "Let me check her pulse. I'll prepare some medicine and apply it

to the right pressure points-it should help her recover faster."

"You're always so busy. Really, you don't have to go out of your way."

not that busy." Ferdinand looked at Briony. "Bryn, do you really think I'd ever

a long moment. At last, she said quietly, "I've always believed that

you still

Briony kept

exchange between Briony and Ferdinand, feeling an odd sense that something was

was said on the other end made his expression

longer. He turned to Briony. "What's going on with

temples, realizing she couldn't

about the

Ferdinand! How could he do something

to believe it either," Briony said softly, "but the test results proved it.

want

as a tie to my past, something that keeps

what he was hearing. "So just because you rejected him, he went after your child?

while I was in Havenport. When I woke up, I was in Ferdinand's hotel suite. He said he rescued

speechless. Nothing in life

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