For the first time in a long while, Summer Thorne had another emotional breakdown.
For a very long time, she had learned and grown accustomed to shouldering many, many things on her own.
She was adept at navigating this state of being.
She could live well amidst this self-torment.
She wasn't supposed to bring it up so easily.
At least, before things came to a head, she hadn't planned on telling anyone.
But lately, she had truly started to panic a little.
The panic had begun after she saw Silas Dunn and heard some news from him—news that even he couldn't confirm.
She was afraid Timothy York would do something irreversible, but she couldn't bring herself to ask him about it.
It wasn't as if she hadn't tried before; every one of her inquiries had failed to bring about any good outcome for the two of them.
