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I studied her face. “You look good.” I swallowed. “Healthy.”
“Caldwell said I took my transplant without one single complication. It was like it was made for me.”
o;Thank you, God,” I said, relieved beyond belief.
“And thank you,” Ellie said, walking into the room. She was bawling and hugged me tightly.
“Ellie,” I said.
“Spencer,” she said, smiling. “You scared the ever living stuffing out of us!”
I laughed. “I didn’t mean to,” I told her.
She stood up and I looked all about me. “I love you all.”
“Yes, yes, they love you too,” Dr. Caldwell said, smiling. “But you need rest, and I need all of them out.”
They all filed out of the room except for Bridge and my mom.
“Mom!” I said when the door shut. “I can’t believe you’re here.”
“When you didn’t wake up from surgery, Bridget called me.” Her head hung low. “She told me what your father did.”
I squeezed her hands. “It’s okay, Mom.” I looked at Bridge. “It is okay, right? Everything got worked out?”
“Oh, it’s fine,” she said. “In fact, it’s more than fine. Jonah found the most spectacular working ranch for sale a few miles south of Bitterroot.”
“Does the family like it?”
“The family loves it,” Bridget admitted warmly. “They’ve already moved the ranch and drove the cattle south.”
Thinking back on Hunt Ranch made me so incredibly sad, but I was happy I was able to provide them the life my father stole.
“Your money helped,” she said. “There’s still a million left,” she said.
“That’s yours, Bridget.”
“What?” she asked, her eyes wide.
“It’s for you and the baby.”
“And what are you going to do?”
“I’m leaving,” I told them, shocking Bridge.
“What? Why?”
“As long as Dad is alive, is around, he will stop at nothing to ruin me. I can’t risk the Hunts. I can’t risk you or Mom.”
“Spencer,” Bridge said softly, “what about Cricket?”
“I’m doing this all for Cricket, Bridge. I did all this for her.”
“She’s not going to stand for this,” she said.
“She’ll have to. It’s to keep her safe, Bridge. Do you promise not to tell her? At least until I’ve left.”
“Yes,” she complied, though she hated to.
