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?"

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

explanation, just a dismissal. What

when you get home," Conrad said as he pulled over to

a feeling from when Conrad saw the incoming call to his refusal to answer it in my presence. But I didn't ask, nor did I say anything. Some truths were like

tossed me the line in a rush but

stood there, watching him drive away until my eyes began to sting, and I finally looked down

my pocket, a call from my

are you?

and brilliant gynecologist, Fanny didn't have a boyfriend yet, but her

I answered, surprising myself with

west today! Usually, you'd ask Conrad

words squeezed my

Conrad's shadow

out with my best friend, afraid he'd worry

needing his

But today, Conrad made it clear I

hospital or home?" I deflected instead of

an address and told me

you fight with Mr. Wagner?" Fanny noticed

and I didn't hide

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