Chapter 97:

As soon as Belinda and Fred reached her apartment building, her phone began to buzz. It was Marlene calling.

Sensing urgency, Belinda picked up immediately.

“Belinda,” Marlene began, her voice laced with hesitation. “Remember the patient who wanted to use the same medicine as yours?”

Belinda, her eyebrows arching in recognition, responded, “Yes, what about her?”

“Well…” Marlene’s voice trailed off as she observed a woman leaning on a tall man’s arm, engaged in conversation with another doctor a distance away. Distractedly, Marlene wiped away some sweat from her forehead before continuing, “She… she showed up at the hospital today, insisting she needed to see you.”

“But I’m tied up with something critical at the moment,” Belinda replied, clearly distracted.

There was a pause before Marlene said again, “But…”

“Dr. Reid,” Belinda interrupted, aware that this woman had considerable influence and was someone Marlene couldn’t risk provoking. “Tell her I can’t find my son and I’m currently with the police. I don’t have the time. We can reschedule for another day, or her lawyer can contact me. She mentioned getting a lawyer, didn’t she?”

Marlene exhaled deeply, indicating her reluctance to press further, and replied, “Alright, I’ll let her know.”

grasped the full extent of her request. Finally,

In

she turned to address Fred, who stood vigil by her side.

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leaning against

his features into sharp relief,

grin and remarked,

someone I’d

mean

grin spreading across his face as he approached her. “If lying is an option, why didn’t you invent a new boyfriend when we bumped into your ex-husband? If he could betray you, why can’t you play

away, her steps quickening toward the apartment building. “There’s no

encouraged, catching up to her. “What if he sees you with someone

slow her pace. “That’s

and a half years earlier, upon waking from

over time. Had their roles been reversed, she wasn’t sure she could accept someone who had

day, she tenderly cared for him—bathing his body and attending to his most

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