“Oh,” the owner finally snapped back to reality. “You’re looking for Kendra. She took the afternoon off.”

“Took off?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Is everything okay with her?”

Emmeline, standing behind him, grew tense. Kendra and Quincy, could something be wrong?

“Her daughter had a high fever,” the owner said. “She went to the hospital for an IV drip.”

“Do you know which hospital?” Abel asked.

“The private one across the street,” the owner pointed a finger.

Abel turned around and walked towards the door, with Emmeline hurrying to keep up with him.

Kendra and Quincy were alone and vulnerable, and Emmeline couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to them. She hurried across the street to the small private hospital and found the pediatric observation room.

Sure enough, she saw Kendra holding Quincy in her arms, with an IV drip in her head as she slept soundly.

Then, a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in Kendra’s line of sight.

Without guessing, she knew who it was.

Kendra suddenly looked up.

Kendra tried to sit up and hold Quincy, but the IV line was

her back gently. “Be careful of

us here?” Kendra

said. “I told you to call me

them. “Quin just

to work for

to Mr. Abel and Ms. Emmeline,” Kendra said despondently, “but now that Ms. Emmeline is gone, things have changed. It’s better for me to keep my distance from Mr. Abel to avoid any

his brow. “Are

well, she’s not Ms. Emmeline,” Kendra said. “I don’t want anyone to misunderstand, so it’s better for me to stay

nothing between

Precipice was still my home, but

“Can

Evelyn? She wants to take Ms. Emmeline’s place, and I can’t do

with a sour feeling in her and tears welling up in her eyes. She quickly turned

man. He’s going to stay with

turn her gaze to “Emmett”. When she saw him, she was first stunned, then said, “This is a

Emmeline nodded hastily,

must say, you’re quite handsome for a young man,” Kendra said. “If you shave that beard off, you’d look like a pretty

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