Chapter 241
‘Don’t worry,” I promised. “I’m getting you out tonight. I’ve arranged a private jet. Once we’re abroad, I’ll find the best medical teams to sat
you.”
‘Miss Hayes has been in my care since her accident, Nora said softly. “This is the most responsive I’ve seen her. Perhaps with you, she trally
could recover.”
A tear slid down Rachel’s temple, which Nora quickly dabbed away.
The moment was broken by Nora’s phone ringing. She answered it nervously.
“Hello, Mr. Rose.”
Jonathan Rose’s cold voice carried through the speaker: “Where the hell have you taken her? The ceremony’s starting, and the Parkers have asked twice why Rachel isn’t here! You want to keep your job? Get her to the venue in ten minutes!”
“Yes, sir,” Nora stammered.
“I don’t know what Blake and William Parker’s problem is,” he continued. “Insisting on seeing this vegetable. How morbid.
He hung up abruptly.
“Isn’t Jonathan Rose supposed to be this perfect gentleman in society?” Astrid asked, frowning. “What a fake.”
“Remember how Rachel told us about her stepfather and stepsister?” I said. “We just never realized she meant Jonathan and Laurel Rose.”
“True,” Astrid nodded. “Small world.”
I thought back to all the times Rachel had dodged our questions about her family. Whenever Astrid or I asked about her stepfather or stepsister, she’d change the subject – she knew Astrid too well.
If Astrid found out they was mistreating Rachel, she’d definitely show up at their mansion and raise hell.
“Enough of this,” I said, turning to Nora. “Did they at least bring something decent for her to wear tonight?”
Rachel was still in those striped hospital pajamas, now stained with whatever had leaked from the garbage bins in the service elevator.
Nora shook her head. “Nothing. These hospital clothes are all Miss Hayes has worn for four years.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Astrid’s voice rose.
I walked to the hotel closet and pulled out a garment bag. “Don’t worry, I figured as much.”
“I had a feeling they’d pull something like this,” I explained, unzipping the bag to reveal a simple but elegant dress. “So I came prepared.”
Astrid grabbed the dress, her mood instantly shifting. “Let’s get you looking fabulous, Rachel.”
For the next twenty minutes, we worked together dressing Rachel, fixing her hair, and securing her comfortably in the wheelchair. Jonathan Rose called twice more, each time escalating/his threats against Nora.
But since Rachel was going to leave with me tonight, Nora simply regarded his threat as nothing more than emp
- ds.
I applied some light makeup to bring color back to Rachel’s face, then with Nora guiding the way, we wheeled Rachel toward the elevator.
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Chapter 241
I waited until the elevator doors closed before crushing my cigarette under my shoe. The hallway fell silent.
They never noticed me standing in the corner, watching. Their attention had been completely focused on Rachel,
I’d followed them from the moment they rescued Rachel from that filthy service elevator. What I saw made my chest tighten.
When they first brought her in, Rachel was just another patient – hospital clothes, dirty blanket, reeking of medicine and garbage.
Forty minutes later, she emerged transformed. Evening dress. Styled hair. Makeup. Even from my distance, I caught the faint scent of perfume replacing the hospital smell.
I lit another cigarette. The difference was stark. Audrey and Astrid had shown more care for Rachel than the Roses.
What’s their relationship with Rachel? Why had Laurel and the Rose family never mentioned them who clearly mattered to Rachel?
Why had Audrey never mentioned knowing Rachel?
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