Chapter 3



My brain got stuck in a loop all day, wrestling with this issue that refused to budge. Even when Conrad came by to pick me up in the afternoon, I was still clueless. But I went along anyway.

The habit was a scary thing. Over a decade, I had grown so used to Conrad and returning to the Wagner family after work.-

"What's up with the silence?" Conrad sensed my mood because he broke the quiet on the way.

I hesitated for seconds. "Conrad, maybe we should just..."

I couldn't even finish my sentence before his phone went off. The car's Bluetooth showed an anonymous number lighting up the screen, and I noticed Conrad's grip on the steering wheel tightened. He was nervous, a rare sight.

Instinctively, I glanced at his face, but he was already dismissing the call on the car system, switching to his mobile's Bluetooth. "Hello... Okay, I'm on my way."

The call was brief. After hanging up, Conrad glanced over at me. "Felicia, something's come up. I can't take you home."

I knew it before he said he was going to ditch me. It wasn't the first time. But still, part of me had hoped he'd drop me first.

A sharp pang of hurt hit me, but I swallowed my sadness. "Is everything okay?"

tightened his jaw and stayed silent, just gazing through the windshield. "You can get

proper explanation, just a dismissal. What else

me when you get home," Conrad said as he pulled over to a temporary parking

and got off. It wasn't just my sensitivity. I had a feeling from when Conrad saw the incoming call to his refusal to answer it in my presence. But I didn't

your way!" He tossed me the line in a rush but

away until my eyes began

in my pocket, a

you? Dinner

brilliant gynecologist, Fanny didn't have a boyfriend yet, but her medical skills were

I answered, surprising myself with

be rising from the west today! Usually,

words squeezed my

in Conrad's

dine out with my best friend,

needing

made it clear I was a burden

the hospital or home?" I deflected

an address and

happened? Did you fight with Mr. Wagner?" Fanny noticed something was off the moment she

few friends, and I

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