The Doctor's Wife Chapter 34

In which the sombre shadow of illness lays heavy upon the household at Graybridge, drawing forth a gentle, if inexperienced, tenderness from Isabel as she tends to her ailing husband amidst fears and dark imaginings. Meanwhile, an unwelcome spectre from her past emerges in the form of her father, recently released from prison and harbouring a bitter vendetta, compelling Isabel into painful acts of secrecy and expedient charity to protect those she holds dear.