Lucian
I told Austin to take Tina in for a full medical check-up. After what happened to Tiffany, I wasn’t taking any more chances. I didn’t care how manipulative Tina had been—I wanted her alive to care for her child and eventually go back to Joey. I wasn’t going to have another woman fall apart on my watch.
That week, I worked from home and helped Mara with Darian’s newborn. He stayed at the hospital, refusing to leave Tiffany’s side. He hadn’t even named his daughter yet—said Tiffany would name her when she woke up. If she woke up.
He looked rough. His beard had grown out in the space of a week, a far cry from the clean-shaven man we all knew. Honestly, he looked more like me now.
But Tiffany hadn’t improved. No movement. No response. Just silence and machines.
Mara was getting att
