Chapter 21 - The Shadow Outside The Window Threatens Their Fragile Reunion
Ethan walked over to the hospital room window, pulling back the thin vertical blinds to look down at the parking lot below.
Parked directly beneath the streetlamp was a dark, unmarked sedan idling quietly in the cool evening shadows.
Inside the front seat, an anonymous figure watched the lit hospital window through heavily tinted glass.
The digital dashboard glowed softly, displaying a financial tracking file labeled: CARTER ESTATE - LIQUIDATION PENDING.
Ethan reached out, letting the blinds snap shut as a protective fury ignited deep within his chest.
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He turned back toward the bed where Mara and Evie were sleeping peacefully, safe for tonight under the hospital roof.
The battle for their family's survival had only just begun, but this time, he would not leave her side to fight it alone.
