Chapter 22

A senseless drama had unfolded and ended just as inexplicably. The next morning, Sarah Quinn noticed the empty side of the bed. She didn’t know how to react. She knew Jack had left with Lily to the county, supposedly to finalize the title transfer for the old house. But he hadn’t come back. Sarah didn’t dwell on it. She went on living her days as usual. Day after day, she taught at the one-room schoolhouse and treated the elderly in the village clinic. In her spare time, she copied...