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.”

heard the Joyners have agreed to

expect her to be so mercenary. Vincent made

prospects now seemed grim.

brow furrowed involuntarily. “Saskia, being unfaithful isn’t

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

with her for so

reason he should not marry Ophelia.”

a cup of coffee, Holden added, “Saskia, I know

to fall back on. They

bit her tongue. “I

stay out of Vincent’s business.”

nodded obediently. “Mom mentioned Dad is arranging blind

matter to

Power and wealth were his true pursuits,

it seemed her brother only had eyes for money and power, a perception she found distasteful. But they were all each other had, so she held her tongue.

in Holden’s room-it was from the

Lynette, your grandmother has been admitted.

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