Left for Dead Came Back for Everything novel Chapter 114

During those days, her leg felt better than it had in three years.

After returning to Riverport, she had tried searching online for the same brand, but found absolutely nothing.

Tucked under the bottle was a light gray sticky note with a slightly clunky smiley face drawn on it.

"Protect those knees. It's more important than anything. If the scones were good, please leave a five-star review."

Eliza held the note, staring at it for a long time.

Last night, when she stood in the doorway in her slippers, her left ankle had been slightly swollen—probably from standing too long in the dance studio during the day.

The lighting was so dim that a normal person would never have noticed. But he saw it.

He saw it, said nothing, and had this delivered first thing in the morning.

A rush of warmth flooded Eliza's chest. She carefully folded the note and slipped it behind her phone case.

Then she put on the knee braces and gently tucked the ointment into her bag.

...

Lunch break.

It took every ounce of Eliza's courage to dial Miriam's number.

It rang seven or eight times before it connected.

"Eliza! Did you get the money?! I knew that man from last time had his eye on..." Miriam's voice came through loud and frantic, laced with excitement.

"Mom, I need to ask you something," Eliza cut her off flatly.

"That loan shark contract Miles signed. The co-signer signature is my name, and they used a copy of my ID. Did you know about this?"

The line went dead silent for two seconds.

Then Miriam's voice skyrocketed in pitch: "What co-signer? I don't know anything about a co-signer! What are you talking about!"

"Mom." Eliza's voice turned dangerously low.

"The signature on the contract is in your handwriting. I recognized it immediately. Stop pretending."

"We're past the point of acting with each other."

Another two seconds of silence, followed by the sound of Miriam bursting into wails.

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