Regret Novel 173

Chapter 173

The driver returned from the pharmacy not long after, leaning down at the car window to say something to Evander.

Evander’s expression froze for a moment. He sat in silence for a long time, lost in thought, his gaze distant.

Back at the office, Charlotte took a pregnancy test. Five anxious minutes later, the result was negative.

She let out a shaky breath–thank goodness, she wasn’t pregnant.

After that, Charlotte picked up some mild medication for her stomach at the pharmacy. On her way past the break room, she overheard two nurses chatting

about Vera.

It struck her–she hadn’t seen Vera since that day in the operating room, when Vera had warned her that Tricia was up to something.

Apparently, Vera had quit right after.

Back at her desk, Charlotte tried calling Vera, but got no answer. Using the address from Vera’s HR file, she decided to find her in person that afternoon.

Charlotte parked her car near a narrow alley. The apartment buildings were packed tightly together, and the lane was far too cramped for her car. She had to walk the rest of the way.

Vera stepped out of a convenience store, clearly surprised to see Charlotte waiting outside her door. “Dr. Sterling?”

Charlotte smiled and nodded in greeting.

quiet, her family out for the day. Vera poured a glass of warm water and set it on the coffee table. “I’m here alone. Dr. Sterling,

her eyes.

silent and looked

of

it’s my own issue. I just didn’t want to stay any

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water and then said

eyes widened. “You’re transferring to

Riverspire aren’t

it… because

Director Winthrop the reason Charlotte was leaving

then smiled. “Honestly, she’s not the

she were, Charlotte would have left six months

wanted to build her career in medicine. She scribbled her personal number on a piece of paper and handed it

leave, Vera finally spoke up. “Dr. Sterling, there’s something

turned to

that, too. I overheard her on the phone with someone, and she caught me. She forced me to choose sides.” Vera’s eyes brimmed with tears. “I

frozen, her hand tightening into a

always suspected Tricia was behind her father’s troubles, and Hiram’s as well. But without hard evidence, what good would going

trusted Tricia

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