Chapter 103

"I just came to get checked out, no need to make a big deal of it. Thanks for the offer, though." Evangeline's tone was not exactly warm, yet she was nothing if not courteous.

Her issues with Walter were her own and would not spill over to anyone else—that was her line in the sand.

"The room's right next door."

Caden tried to pull away.

"Really, it's not necessary, I'm all done here," Evangeline shook her head firmly. She held up the medicine box for him to see, the label clear as day.

Levonorgestrel tablets. These were emergency contraceptives for use within 72 hours post-incident.

Walter's expression went through a rapid transformation, turning stormy and dark.

If Evangeline's earlier reaction outside the County Clerk's Office had left him with a glimmer of hope, maybe, just maybe, she had cared for him once. Now, however, he knew better. It took quite a bit of loathing to bolt to the hospital for birth control the second they split up, and Walter knew it.

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