Chapter 3

Jed composed himself, then bent down and took the suitcase from my hand.

"Laura, I promise you, once you've recovered, I'll pull every string I have to pave the way for you," he said.

"Don't even think about going abroad. You have zero connections and no resources at all. Is your plan just to go wash dishes in some foreign country?"

Hazel stepped up with a smile and hooked her arm around mine.

"Seriously, with how sick you are, you probably wouldn't survive without Jed," she said.

Hazel went ahead and introduced the stranger standing in front of me.

"This…