"Please?" Eliza begged, recognizing the unsure look on her long-time boss's face. "Cadence wants me to, don't you?"

Cadence nodded. She would feel better knowing she had a true friend among the team members who would be accompanying her.

"All right," Aaron agreed, seeing Cadence's expression shift momentarily to one of relief and Eliza's to joy. "But, I don't want all three of you going to the hospital with her; that's just too much. We don't need any speculations. So, while Hannah and Elliott accompany her in public, you lay low at the hotel. Stay out of sight and just be a support person, got it?"

"Got it!" Eliza agreed,...