Stewart helped Briony sit down on the bed.

She took the glass of water he handed her, swallowed the medication the nurse had insisted she take, and asked, "When can we go home?"

They'd been away too long. She missed her two children desperately.

Given everything that had happened, she knew they were unbelievably lucky to have made it this far.

She understood the odds of finding a matching bone marrow donor were slim, but even if she was going to die, she wanted to go home first.

There's something deeply rooted in everyone-no matter how long you've been away, you want to return to where you belong.

"When your health is a little more stable." Stewart took the glass from her and set it on the table. "Do you want to FaceTime with the kids?"

Briony's eyes lit up. "Of course I do. How do I look right now, though? Still like a patient?"

"Much better than a few days ago." Stewart gave her a soft smile. "It's all over now, Bryn. You and the kids are safe."

Briony pressed her lips together, hesitating for a moment. "Did they ever find Ferdinand's body?"

"There's nothing but ocean at the bottom of the cliff. The search teams combed the area for three days and found nothing. Chances are, the sea took him."

silent

long pause, she asked, "What

of a miscarriage, but she's in the hospital now. The doctors

to

it another couple of days. Why don't you

Briony nodded. "Alright."

Then, to keep the hospital bed out of

immediately. James's face

bursting with excitement. "You heartless woman- you finally remembered to call

he hadn't said

than two months apart, and it felt

by an ocean, seeing James on her screen made her chest ache. Relief and

"James, I'm okay now="

spilled down before she could

other end, James's eyes went red too. “Theard everything. Thank God you're alright. As soon as you're better, I'll send my dad's

smile. "Alright. Where

the backyard with Lucky!" As James spoke, he carried the phone outside. "You have no idea how tough Lucky's life has been while you've been gone. Little Nina's been dressing him up, putting makeup on him-poor dog tries to

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