Daisy had barely reached the first floor when she spotted Lauren.

"Ms. Lynn." Daisy stepped forward, blocking Lauren's path. "You can't go upstairs right now. Rosita's working."

"All she does is work!" Lauren's face, pale and drawn, twisted with visible spite. "I'm practically dying and she doesn't even care?!"

Daisy tried to soothe her gently. "Let's not get upset, Ms. Lynn. You look unwell- why don't you let me help you to the sofa?"

Truth be told, Lauren was in agony. Even the short walk from the garden had left her drenched in sweat.

Pancreatic cancer was excruciating.

The pain was relentless-it stole her sleep, her appetite, and any shred of comfort she had left.

She needed money, and a lot of it, to stay alive.

Gavin Prescott had disappeared. Her savings were long gone.

Rosita had been abroad for four years, completely out of reach.

When the diagnosis came three months ago, Lauren felt as if the sky was crashing down on her.

on top, the last three months had reduced her to a shell of

hospital about Rosita's return from

was back, and maybe, just maybe, Lauren wouldn't have to worry

Rosita hadn't reached out, and had even changed her

didn't want

Wentworths in the end, but Garry

Rosita could snap her fingers and

had given birth to Rosita. That meant Rosita owed her she was supposed to

sofa and helped her

please rest. I'll get you

glanced at her with faint disdain. "She's been overseas for four years, but the moment she's back she brings you close again. She must trust you a

to me. I'm just happy to be working

bothered to care that her own mother's dying of cancer, and you still think

that she doesn't care. She's just been swamped since she got back-she was out of the spotlight for so long, and coming back has been tough. The studio gave all her roles to the newer

Garry! You think a man like that would let her be

"Ms. Lynn, you might not know this, but Rosita's marriage isn't as

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