"That's great, Kenneth, I'm genuinely happy for you."

Of course, Dorothy didn't want to see Kenneth hobbling around for the rest of his life. He was such a proud man, accomplished too. Who would want to see him disabled?

"Looks like you haven't been eating well lately, lost your appetite?"

"Maybe, work's been hectic."

"No matter how busy work gets, you can't skip meals! If you lose any more weight, you're going to start looking gaunt."

Dorothy chuckled, "Well, gaunt it is then."

Did she even care about her looks anymore?

Kenneth's gaze lingered on Dorothy, and after a long moment, he sighed.

"Dorothy, you're still trying to act tough."

Startled, Dorothy didn't respond.

"Fighting with Everett? Or is he... not treating you right?"

"No, we're good," she quickly replied, fearing Kenneth might probe further.

Dorothy underestimated how well Kenneth knew

could she hide anything from the man who had his heart set

grew heavier, and his eyes fell, "In fact, when Jeffrey deliberately

thinks he's being sly, but not only me, Karen can see through him too! Still, we're clueless about what exactly happened between you

"It's nothing, really. Just a little argument, and

"You're definitely not okay."

hospital! This would be the time he'd be frantically figuring out how to call you away from here, not letting me

you."

QUMS

insisted Karen

wanted to test

Everett was still as attentive

Clearly, he wasn't.

received a single

swamped with work today,

right now, tell him you're here

silence

getting your

effort Everett put into winning you over, why

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