Chapter 904

Spectators gathered on the sidewalk, their murmurs floating in the air like a dubious chorus, none showing a real intent to step in.

Brittany pulled over and got out to assess the situation.

A bystander warned her, “Don’t get involved. It’s none of your business.”

Brittany ignored the advice.

Dialing 911, she then patiently waited for the ambulance to arrive. Following it to the hospital, she watched as the elderly lady was rushed into the emergency room. Not knowing her identity, Brittany fronted some cash for the stranger’s treatment and then left the medical center.

Back at Bay Community, Isaac had just wrapped up a meeting.

He was prepping dinner when she walked in. “Why are you so late?”

“Just got held up on the road.”

Brittany recounted her to Isaac. It wasn’t a hero complex; she simply couldn’t bear to see a life slip away so needlessly. Every time she saw an old person in trouble, she thought of her grandmother. If only someone had been there to lend a hand, her grandma might still be around.

Isaac, well aware of the kindness in Brittany’s bones, encouraged her, “You did good.”

At the Lynette residence, Holden returned home to find Saskia waiting for him.

“Holden, you’re back.”

Joyners have agreed to call off

hefty sum,” Saskia frowned. “I didn’t expect her to be

prospects

Holden’s brow furrowed involuntarily. “Saskia, being

Ophelia’s pride and unwillingness to settle for less, Vincent’s behavior

has been with her

more reason he

of coffee, Holden added, “Saskia, I know that you and Vincent are close, but he’s got Lynette

gravest of sins, he had the Lynette family to fall back on. They were different; they didn’t have the luxury of

tongue.

stay out of Vincent’s business.”

nodded obediently. “Mom mentioned Dad is arranging blind dates

matter

indifferent to marriage. Power and wealth were

money and power, a perception she found distasteful. But they were all each other had, so she

phone rang in Holden’s room-it was from the hospital.

grandmother has been admitted.

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