brakes in front of the Mount Si

a crumpled bill

open and sprinted in

plastered her h

gh the sliding glass doors, her wet boots squeaking against the

toward her. He held a metal clipboard against his chest. His f

eart hammered against her rib

tt. I am so sorry. The bone marrow donor who matched your mother...

her like a p

m her legs. She swayed, almost collapsing onto th

haking fingers. She dialed Baker's number. She

ight to a cold, au

he was hosting a client dinner nearby and had permanently reserved the VIP family lounge on the third floor of this ver

burning with every step. She pushed through the heavy fire

oor. She raised h

n the glass panel of the

saw a pile of expensive clot

rt. They were brands her step

weet moan pierced right throu

The blood rushed from he

t down. The door wasn't locked. It flew

led with June. Their bare skin gleame

stomach heave. Bile ros

nic. He grabbed his discarded dress shirt, holding i

idn't

st and slipped it over her shoulders. A

inger at them, "Is this why y

. By the way, I paid that bone marrow donor a hundred gr

lungs. The last threa

ed her hand and brought it d

like a gunshot i

ek and threw herself backward, land

rassment. To protect his bruised ego,

f the glass coffee table. The brutal bruises from the hotel room f

aline!" Baker yelled, pointing at her. "I'

ne. "You're a bankrupt princess, Addie. You have

antic beating of her heart suddenly slowe

he corners of her mouth twitched

f," Adaline said. Her

ed out his chest. "You break this off, and your fath

d. She forced her spine to straighten,

placed one foot in front of th

nvisible armor shattered. She hit the wall of the

The New York sky had opened up. A torr

. The freezing rain soaked th

led her knees to her chest. The icy rain washed over her face, maski