Chapter 116: A Man's Joy

As he left Cheville Medical Group, Owen, the elderly gate guard, gave Pierce Jackson a solemn, almost ceremonial salute. Pierce shook his head with a soft chuckle and didn't give it a second thought. He held the contract in one hand and called Annalise with the other. He was not trying to show off at work. He simply did not want Annalise worrying about him anymore. Ring, ring… The call barely rang twice before it was cut off. "What's going on? She hadn't come to work for days, and she wasn't...