She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 786:

After the usual greetings, Freya got straight to the point. “Yesterday at Lawrence’s, did you only pick up the cufflink?”

Gerard was alert. Why was she asking that all of a sudden? Had she figured something out? What should he do? What could he say?

“Yes,” he answered, following his boss’s lead. “Why do you ask?”

“How long were you there?” she continued.

“A few hours,” Gerard replied, knowing full well Freya could dig up the truth if she wanted to. “Dr. Hayes was having lunch when we got there, so we joined him. Then he took my boss inside. I don’t know what they did.”

“You didn’t go in?”

“Dr. Hayes told me to wait outside.” That was the answer he gave.

And it confirmed Freya’s hunch—Lawrence had definitely done something with Kristian. Retrieving a cufflink didn’t require excluding Gerard. Kristian’s ward wasn’t some fortress, so asking Gerard to stay out was strange.

wrong?” Gerard asked nervously,

preparing to confront Lawrence. “Kristian has a fever, and I’m trying to figure

Gerard blinked. “What?”

way Kristian had caught a chill yesterday. How had

it suddenly

was on the phone with Kristian, he had faintly heard water running in the background. Could Kristian have been taking a cold bath at that hour? That had to be it. Given Kristian’s unpredictable

did Kristian eat at Lawrence’s?”

cut himself off mid-sentence. His pulse

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That was close!

said “a

much appetite. Seemed out of it the

face darkened. That hesitation earlier made Gerard’s words

noticed it too. After a beat, she asked, “Did Kristian tell you to say

froze, his nerves fraying. Had she

still treat him with respect, despite what’s happened to him. Let me