Chapter 306

Claire had zero energy to deal with the nonsense Dominic Reynolds was sending her. She hadn't even bothered to take her phone out of her pocket. Ever since she walked out of Nelson's hospital room, her mood had been in the dumps. She was halfway to the elevator before it even hit her that she'd left Anthony Reynolds behind in the room. Just the thought of going back there made her feel a pit in her stomach, so she simply stopped and sat down on one of the benches in the hallway, planning to wait it out. Her mind, though, didn't stay quiet for long. She stared blankly out at the bright blue sky beyond the hospital windows, letting her thoughts drift far away. Back then, a long time ago, Nelson used to be this gentle presence in her life, always shielding her like today. But over the years, with everything that happened, all those memories felt like they belonged to someone else—someone almost forgotten. She remembered how, during school, the only reason she got into the upper circles wa