Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 247

Joseph’s under the weather, so I brought him over

Lizetta felt a bit out of her depth facing Hogan

Seeing her on edge, Hogan didn’t try to close the gap.

“I’ve been trying to reach you these past few days to discuss Thaddeus transfer to another hospital, but your phone’s been off the god

Lizetta pursed her lips. “Hogan, I’m worried that Thaddeus won’t be able to handle the flight or the vibes abroad, so I’ve decided to keep

him here”

Hogan was taken aback. “But we had a deal, right? The Lab was all set up to welcome him.”

Lizetta shook her head firmly. “Don’t sweat it, Hogan. I’ve made up my mind, sorry”

As she turned to leave, Hogan frowned slightly and called out with a hint of urgency in his voice.

“Liz, you in the know about something?”

Lizetta stopped in her tracks. Since Hogan had brought it up, she wanted some answers too.

She turned around, locking eyes with Hogan.

*Are you talking about that car crash you had four years ago, the marriage proposal from Helen, or the fact that you’ve been footing the bill for Astoria Medical Lab just for Thaddeus?”

Her gaze was frosty.

wasn’t bom yesterday, Hogan’s motives

Lizetta didn’t feel honored–just baffled, offended, and uneasy.

flustered and took

Lizetta stepped back. She didn’t even know

his whole stint as her brother’s doc a calculated move?

a bitter chuckle, his Adam’s apple bobbing as

confessing to you in my head a million times, but it never looked like this. What

spread his hands,

the first time we met was that mix–up back when you were a freshman and I was a

was stunned. She racked her brain but couldn’t remember meeting him before

her blank look, Hogan pulled out his phone, opened his WhatsApp, and enlarged his profile picture to show

“Look familiar?”

seeing a profile picture of a small orange cat, looking

was asking her about familiarity. Did

when she was in

thought hard, then a

and took it to the

the kitten and apply medication. She named the kitten CoCo and temporarily placed it in a cardboard box, feeding it

she’d bump into the senior checking on the cat. She wanted to keep CoCo, but Hanna hated pets,

CoCo, she went to check with her umbrella and saw the

collapsed, and the kitten was a pitiful sight. She asked the senior

“This is CoCo?”

lips

but only