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?"

stayed silent, just gazing through the windshield. "You can get out here and take a cab

a dismissal. What else could I say? To probe or

he pulled over to a temporary parking spot on the side

when Conrad saw the incoming call to his refusal to answer it in my presence. But I didn't ask,

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

drive away until my eyes began to sting, and I finally looked down

in my pocket, a call from my best

are you?

brilliant gynecologist, Fanny didn't have a boyfriend yet,

surprising myself with

rising from the west today! Usually, you'd

squeezed

in Conrad's shadow

out with my best friend, afraid he'd

even needing his

clear I

the hospital or home?" I

an address and told

fight with Mr. Wagner?" Fanny noticed something was off

few friends, and I didn't hide

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