Heartstrings on Fire novel Chapter 1000

Ryder was in a bad way.

Alyssa had rushed him to the hospital, and since then, she hadn't spoken a word.

She was either buried in work, recklessly ignoring her own health, or she was lost in a trance, sitting motionless for hours on end.

Back when Ryder graduated from med school, Jared had gifted him a model of a surgeon's scalpel set. For years, Ryder had kept it close, but these days, he just kept fiddling with the model, lost in thought, and Alyssa feared the worst.

Things had gone south—far worse than Alyssa had ever imagined. And she had this gnawing feeling that they might spiral even further down.

After leaving Maplewood Manor, Agnes headed straight to the TV station. She had hastily decided to move abroad and had already asked Ben to hand in her resignation letter. Facing Mr. Judson and abandoning the fledgling show "The Primary Perspective" felt irresponsible, and she couldn't bear it.

It was the weekend, and the station was deserted. Agnes slipped the resignation letter into her desk drawer and shot Ben an email, asking him to pass it on. But Ben had taken extended leave to return to his hometown and hadn't checked his emails. So no one at the station knew of Agnes's plan to leave.

Relieved, Agnes walked into the station only to be summoned by the station manager.