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    Ernest lifted his phone with shaking hands and made a call.


    “Sir.”


    “Savannah took Elissa.” His grip tightened until his knuckles paled. “Follow the license te and tell me where the car is headed.”


    “Yes, sir.”


    “Do it fast.” He ended the call and tossed the phone aside. Heat rose in his chest, sharp and restless, yet he had nowhere to ce it.


    He forced himself to breathe slowly, telling himself he would find her.


    He always had. He would this time too.


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    But beneath all of it, what weighed on him most was Elissa’s condition.


    He kept seeing her fainting in front of him. Savannah’s sharp words must have cut deeply.


    How shaken must she have been to copse like that?


    And after he left… Had Savannah filled her head with more of those ideas again? Was that why she followed Savannah so quietly and said those words to him?


    He could almost see it.


    When the car pulled away, she had looked at him through the ss with such clear yearning. She had wanted to stay. She just couldn’t say it.


    He had to move quickly. He needed to reach her.


    Elissa sat quietly on the sofa while Savannah instructed the servants and caregivers who had followed them.


    “Look around and learn your duties at once. If any of you ck off or let anything trouble my daughter, I don’t care how long you’ve been with the Brown family; I won’t overlook a single mistake.”


    “Yes, ma’am.”


    “We understand, ma’am.”


    Their stiff replies echoed the tension between them as they exchanged uneasy nces.


    “Go on,” Savannah said.


    “Yes, ma’am.”


    The servants broke away and moved to their assigned tasks.


    Savannah returned to Elissa and took her hand gently. “Come with me. Let’s check your room upstairs.”


    “Okay.” Elissa followed without protest.


    Her quietness was familiar, yet Savannah sensed something heavier in her today.


    In her mind, this was the only way.


    Elissa deserved a life untouched by a man like Ernest. Cutting things off now would hurt less than letting her daughter fall deeper.


    “Elissa,” she said, brushing a hand through her hair. “Do you remember this ce? When you were a little girl, you loved it here.”


    Elissa shook her head.


    When she was little? She remembered nothing at all.


    “Never mind. I’ll tell you,” Savannah said as she guided Elissa down the hall. “When you were little, right after we settled in Ontmond, you always wanted toe here. Your dad used to tease that since you loved it so much, he would give this ce to you as a wedding gift one day.” Her voice tightened with emotion.


    Back then, when Elissa insisted on leaving for Srixby, Savannah had been too angry to remember any talk of gifts or promises.


    “It doesn’t matter,” Savannah said with a soft smile, swallowing her ache. “Heter said that even if you never married, this ce should still belong to you.”


    Elissa listened, quiet as always, her face unreadable behind that stillness.


    “Your dad and brother will visitter,” Savannah added. “We’ll all have dinner together.”


    “Okay.”


    They reached the upper floor, and Savannah pushed open a door. “Take a look.”


    Elissa paused at the threshold. Her eyes widened a little. Then she nced back at Savannah. “This ce…”


    “Yes,” Savannah said gently. “Come inside. See if it has everything you need. If anything’s missing, tell me. We’ll fix it.”


    “Okay.” Elissa nodded with more life in her voice.


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