Two Chances,One Bullet: How His "Next Life" Promise Failed Novel

. " Ethan simply said : " You'll get them . " He left with Tiffany . But Dr. Mitchell stayed behind . He pulled down his mask and stood beside her bed : " Is there anything I can do for you ? " Claire shook her head at first . Then , after thinking for a moment , she nodded . She mouthed the words : " I want to leave . " Dr.

Mitchell understood what she meant - she didn't just want to leave the hospital or the house . She wanted to leave permanently , to cut all ties with Ethan forever . He asked : " When do you want to go ? " She still hadn't gotten all of her mother's pearls back , and she couldn't trust Ethan anymore . She had to go home herself to get them . Plus her body needed a few more days to recover . She mouthed : " After one week . " Dr. Mitchell nodded : " Okay . I'll help you .

" Claire stayed in the hospital for three days on IV drips . On the third evening , Ethan finally came to take her home . When she walked through the front door , she discovered the house was being renovated . " Tiffany doesn't like the decor , " Ethan explained . " So I'm having them tear it all out and redo it . " This house was their wedding home . Claire had personally designed every detail of the interior .

Her art studio on the first floor , filled with all her supplies and years of carefully crafted paintings , had been cleared out like 22:01 Two Chances , One Bullet : How His " Next Life " Promise Failed 82.99 % Chapter 5 garbage . " Tiffany's parents will visit sometimes , so we're clearing this room for them . " She'd even saved a special nursery , designed for their future baby . But now the construction worker was asking : " Mr. Thompson , you sure you want this room set up for a dog ?

" Ethan nodded : " Tiffany has this golden retriever back home called Buddy . She misses him while she's working in the city , so we're bringing him here . " Even the rose garden Ethan had personally planted for Claire in front of the house was completely destroyed . Roses scattered everywhere , petals crushed into the dirt . Because Tiffany had said : " Buddy might get scratched by the thorns when he runs around . " Claire wasn't really surprised . She was almost numb to it all by now .

Let him tear apart whatever he wanted - she didn't care anymore . But they'd ripped up all the floors too . She just wanted to know one thing : Had he found and collected all of her mother's scattered pearls ? " Ethan , " she croaked , her voice still hoarse , " my mother's necklace had seventy - two pearls . You've only given me twelve . Where are the rest ? " Ethan shrugged : " We ripped up all the floors . They're gone . " " You promised you'd give them back to me !

" " It's just sixty pearls - why are you screaming ? " Ethan said dismissively . " I looked up that necklace . It's not an antique , and the pearls aren't even that valuable . I'll transfer you three hundred grand - go buy yourself a few new ones . " Claire didn't bother arguing with him . She turned to the construction worker : " Where did you dump the old flooring ? " The worker scratched his head : " All that debris went to the community waste center . " Claire headed straight for the door .

" You're still sick - where the hell are you going ? " Ethan called after her . Claire didn't look back : " To find my pearls . " 22:02