Hans had already grabbed Nora by the wrist and was dragging her away.
Behind them, the sound of Eleanor’s heartbreaking sobs filled the hospital room.
Just as the door opened, Daniel brushed past them and hurried inside.
He didn’t even spare Nora a glance.
Nora lowered her eyes. She could see—his world held only Eleanor.
Sure enough, in the next moment, Eleanor’s voice, trembling with grievance and despair, rang out again. “Hans…”
Before Nora could react, Hans pulled her further down the corridor.
His lips were pressed into a thin line, his face giving nothing away.
Nora raised her hands in exasperation. “I asked. You all insisted that I speak up.”
This wasn’t her fault.
“Break things off with Daniel,” Hans said abruptly.
Nora stared at him, stunned.
That wasn’t what he was supposed to be asking.
“This is between me and him. Right now, I’m asking about Una. Where did you take her?”
That was all Nora cared about now.
Hans’s hand twitched, then clenched tightly again.
He slipped back into his usual careless demeanor, leaning a shoulder against the wall, one eyebrow raised as he looked at her. “That’s between me and her.”
That was as good as admitting it—he really had hidden Una away.
“Hans.” Nora pressed her lips together and met his gaze, her voice flat. “I don’t know what happened between you two. But I do believe she’s innocent.”
“Or at the very least, there are things she never wanted to happen. You shouldn’t take it out on her.”
Nora had read about the Coopers online. Hans’s parents had died in a car accident three years ago. Rumor had it, they’d argued with their adopted daughter, who then ran away. The Coopers chased after her—and never made it back.
She could understand Hans’s resentment toward Una. But three years had passed. Una hadn’t had it easy, either.
Nora still remembered when she’d found Una, walking in the middle of the road, ready to end her own life. There had been more than one attempt after that—Una had struggled with depression for years.


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