CHAPTER 27: Unsettled Echoes
Reese's POV
I blinked, realizing the words had left my mouth out loud.
Betty looked at me, still holding the coffee cup.
“What did you just say?” she asked, staring at me with wide and scared eyes.
I straightened in the chair and forced a casual tone. “Nothing important. I passed an accident last night on the way home. A young woman got hit by a car. I don’t know why but I’ve been wondering if she survived.”
Betty’s expression softened as she set the cup down and gave me a warm smile.
“You’re always softer than you like to admit, you know that? Maybe you should have become a doctor instead of a CEO with all that quiet concern.”
I managed a faint smile. “Not likely sweetheart. I hate hospitals.”
She laughed lightly and leaned against the desk.
“Stil
