They had looked frantic, but the moment they saw Laura Lowell, they all froze in unison.
Laura Lowell glanced at them, a fleeting coldness, indifference, and disgust flashing in her eyes.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
Aiden Shaw asked, noticing that Laura Lowell seemed a bit dazed.
Laura Lowell smiled and shook her head. "It's nothing. Let's go."
The old woman who had just stepped out of the elevator sized up Laura Lowell and Aiden Shaw with a sullen expression, then walked toward the hospital room up ahead, looking travel-worn.
As the elevator doors closed, Aiden Shaw glanced at the three women, his abyss-dark eyes narrowing slightly.
Of course, he could tell Laura Lowell knew them. But since she didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't ask.
.....
The flight from Borale landed in Sudglen at six in the evening.
When Aiden Shaw walked out of the airport terminal holding Laura Lowell's hand, snowflakes were drifting down from the sky. It was the first snow of the winter.
