Chapter 450

The next morning, when Sarah Knight woke up, the spot beside her on the bed was sunken—Alexander Barron was already gone. She noticed the note he left on the table and instantly understood he’d gone to dig up whoever was behind all this. No need for her to add trouble to the mix now. All she needed to do was lay low at the hospital and wait. Right next to the note was the breakfast Alexander had picked up for her earlier. “This is pearl vegetable soup, good for replenishing blood. Sarah, have more of it—for the baby.” Sarah stared at Alexander’s neat handwriting, and a smile tugged at her lips before she even realized it. Meanwhile, Alexander, after stepping out of the ward, immediately gave Nathaniel Green a call. The two of them teamed up to keep the news of Sarah’s survival under lock and key. Then they spread a story that she was barely hanging on after an attack. William Frost and Grace Hill, who had spent last night running around like headless chickens, had crashed on a couch as