Chapter 440

The entire New Year, William Turner spent it looking after Olivia Hale. He had tried stepping back, letting professional caregivers take over. But every time he wasn’t around, Olivia would refuse her meds, sometimes even showing signs of wanting to harm herself. So William would end up rushing to the hospital again and again. After a while, it wore him down. He started feeling like maybe this was just how it was going to be. On the sixth day of the New Year, Olivia was discharged and moved into that apartment. William hired a live-in housekeeper for her. Still, Olivia often called, inviting him over for dinner. She was still seeing a therapist, still needed someone around. William had thought about sending her abroad for treatment—he’d seriously considered it. This afternoon, he came by early to talk it through with her, arriving a little before six. The housekeeper, brought over from the villa, was great at Northern cuisine. Olivia tried to get friendly with her to pick up a few recip