Chapter 1021:

Dalores immediately shook her head. “No, I’m fine. I don’t need to be examined.”

“I’m afraid that decision is not yours to make. You need to make sure that you’re in good health, Dalores. Not only physically, but mentally as well. Do it for Emerson.” Eileen spoke in a tone that brooked no argument. “The caregiver will bring you your lunch later. You should eat with Emerson. I’ll be back to keep you company during your check-up this afternoon.”

Bryan had already booked a table at a nearby restaurant. After giving the caregiver a few reminders, Eileen grabbed her purse and left the hospital.

The restaurant was crowded, but there was one particular patron who stood out. It was a man sitting at a table by the windows on the second floor.

Eileen walked up the stairs and pulled the chair across from him. She hadn’t even sat down when Bryan handed her a fork.

“It’s getting cold,” he said.

began to eat. “What if the results of Dalores’ check-up aren’t any

head. “You aren’t beholden to him in any way. You

in relief. “You’re

of stress, as it would only worsen her stomach’s condition. Bryan

much that she refused to go inside. Instead,

now!” Leyla grumbled in

She carefully composed a reply and failed to notice a familiar figure standing in

to Kamila that

returned upstairs and spent a good deal of time thinking. The next morning, she called Jaliyah and instructed her to go back to the hospital, track down Eileen’s doctor, and figure out a way to make Eileen lose

had a lunch appointment with a gynecologist she knew. She accidentally ran into both Eileen and Bryan while

closely, Jaliyah noticed how Eileen kept looking queasy, fighting the urge to vomit—exactly the way she

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