Before he could finish, Elise cut him off, her voice rising. "Rhett, what are you saying? You want to… to separate me from my own son?"
Her eyes burned with betrayal.
Richard, standing behind her, spoke up, his tone pragmatic. "Given your current state, it's for the best. What if next time we're not here? What if you hurt Odell… or even his grandmother? You'd never forgive yourself."
Hearing his words, the last bit of light in Elise's eyes shattered. "I don't know why I would hurt him… What's wrong with me? Why can't I remember…?"
Rhett watched her intently, his gaze searching, as if trying to pierce through the layers of her distress to see the truth beneath.
After a long moment, he repeated, his voice firm. "We're going to see a doctor."
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News of this kind couldn't stay hidden from the Collins family for long.
They'd already been restless about the endless delay of the wedding.
