uffocating blanket. She had nothing left-no bag, no clothes, not even her suitcase. It had all disappeared. She was left wearing nothing

bare feet slapped softly against the tiled floor, the sound echoing in the emptiness around her. The lights overhead were too

could she escape this night

the door, her heart heavy with desperation, but there was no response. She waited, standing awkwardly in t

ign just ahead that made h

Driver Danny brought her to this place of all places? The realization hit her like a wave of panic-there was no way she could afford to pay the bills here. Not with all

xtensive, and many of them were completely unnecessary. Her mind buzzed with questions she had n

bright, sterile environment of the hospital around her seemed to mock her helplessness. Sh

pty hall, Cloe realized just h

were weak, and she felt sick to her core, a lingering effect from being soaked in the freezing rain all night. She had barely surv

ow she could escape this nightmare. But each knock on the office door went unanswered, and with every second that passed,

alone walk. But she had no money to pay these bills. She had just finished her studies, had never worked, never saved. The Taylor family had taken care of her for so long. Ethan had taken

he was utt

happening. Maybe if she could just get to him, he would make everything right agai

rom the wall, her legs wobbling beneath her. She had to leave. She couldn't stay here and let the bills pil

ecking for nurses, looking for any sign of someone who might stop her. Coul

left and right, she made sure no one was watching, her heart pounding in her c

, her body weak but her mind focused on one thing-getting back to th