It wasn't until the third day after Silas left that Audrey finally accepted he was serious this time.
For the first two days, she had rushed back and forth frantically between the hospital, the police station, and the psychiatrist's office.
Mia had been deeply traumatized. She woke up screaming from nightmares every night and needed Audrey by her side constantly.
Ethan was also on an emotional roller coaster. One moment, he would be sobbing hysterically, the next, he would cling to Audrey and ask over and over, "Are you going to abandon us?"
On top of that, the k********g case meant nonstop follow-ups, case reports, and interrogations. Work pressure piled on top of everything else.
She was like a spinning top, lashed into constant rotation by one urgent matter after another. Only late
