Chapter 3

I could sit there and watch Cole die because we couldn't afford the treatment.

Or I could break up with him, cut all contact, and return home to marry Richard. If I agreed, she would wire Cole enough money to cover the surgery and his rehab.

I was out of options. I loved him too much to let him die. So I hardened my heart and told him the most vicious lies I could think of.

"I'm so sick and tired of counting every single penny," I yelled at him. "Did you actually think I wanted to run away with…