Chapter 1331 Letting Go (IV)

• He only froze after those words left his mouth, realizing he’d unconsciously made himself Yasmin Langston’s anchor. For a split second, he thought they were still back then—those days when the three of them lived like a family. He started to pull his hand back, then felt how cold Yasmin’s fingers were, how they trembled, clinging to him like a lifeline. She was scared—plain as day. Finn’s illness had chewed her up for too long. Now any new development left her lost. And this was just a trial. No one knew how it would end.
• In the end, Chadwick Fullner could only hold Yasmin’s hand, gentle but steady. To rip himself free, to sever her last bit of trust—he just couldn’t do it. For someone as composed as Yasmin to lose control like this…it only meant she’d been carrying way too much for way too long.
• In the separate treatment room, the doctor began the hypnosis. Finn slipped under fast. The doctor asked softly, “What are you holding in your arms? Can you show me?”