MRS BLAKE’S POV
The doctor’s report on Nina’s health was still in my hands.
I had read the lines over and over again, hoping they would change .. hoping maybe I was mistaken.
But the truth stared right at me in bold letters.
Nina might look strong, but her kidneys were failing… slowly, quietly, like a candle dying in the dark.
My hands clenched around the paper, crumpling it a little. Across from me, Blake sat silent … his eyes fixed on nothing, his face calm as though the world hadn’t just fallen apart. That calmness made my chest burn with anger.
“You aren’t saying anything, Blake,” I muttered, my voice low but sharp.
He looked up, sighing. “What do you want me to say, Lucy?”
The way he said it ..like none of this mattered …made me snap.
“That’s all you have to say?” I spat, sla
