Chapter 189: Sybil's Message

The final stitch went in. Miller Cutmore and Rylie Rathbond both let out the breath they had been holding, then met each other's eyes and smiled. Miller gently patted Ninos, who had taken all thirty-six stitches without anesthesia and never once twitched on the exam table. He lifted a thumb at Rylie in approval. Rylie, though, turned that same thumbs-up toward Ninos with open affection. Then, as if she had been reminded of her little teddy, her eyes reddened in an instant. Miller rubbed the top...