Chapter 49

Clara

The hospital’s signature fluorescent lights hummed in my ears as I completed my final round before my dinner break. It was late—far too late for dinner for anyone but a healthcare worker—and most of the staff had gone home.

The quiet hours gave me time to think.

I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. I had a lot to think about. Dario’s offer hung in my mind like a cloud—not d