Learning to Love Again

Mallory's eyes filled with tears and she asked, "Gideon, how could you treat me this way? You were the one who asked me to come here."

Gideon glanced at Mallory, his voice low. "I'm telling you to leave now."

Mallory stomped her foot in anger but didn't dare to provoke Gideon.

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After leaving the hospital, Cordelia didn't return to her rented apartment. She sat alone in the hospital's small pa