Maddison’s POV
Those were the last words she spoke, cruel and vengeful screams plucked from her belly, directed at Tyler, at all of the months of believing, but now she lashed those words at the man who was before her.
And they hit him hard.
There was a minor change in Grant Harrison; nothing anyone but Maddison, whose entire universe now was packed into this hospital room, could feel it as deeply as one would feel an earthquake. The pale mask of being patient all of a sudden disappeared and he sat up straighter, shoulders squared, and the easy creases around his eyes hardened and became sharp. The air within the room became cold, charged with something stronger, and then Grant drew his hand back slowly, and put the business card on the nightstand next to her bed with a gentle click.
